--- In cybalist@..., Piotr Gasiorowski <piotr.gasiorowski@...>
wrote:
> Something (a picga?) ate my P.S. I just wanted to say that there
was an interesting overview of Germanic geminations (by András Cser)
in the _VIenna English Working paperS_ (VIEWS) 3/2 (December 1994),
now downloadable from the U. of Vienna site:
>
> www.univie.ac.at/Anglistik/views/views942.pdf
Thank you. Unfortunately, it cites but doesn't explain the geminate
of interest - [gg]! The 'bettra' rule in Section 1.5 is called
the 'first consonant-doubling rule in Old English'. This is very
frustrating - it looks as though there is a second consonant-doubling
rule, which would explain [gg], but that that rule has accidentally
been left out!
Still, it's a useful paper. Have you any idea how long it will be
available on-line?
Richard.