Re: [tied] Re: the bee

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

>
> When lenited, palatal [l^] rather frequently turns into the palatal
> semivowel [j]. In many orthographies the spelling is <i> or <y>, but
> don't confuse letters with sounds -- in this particular context these
> letters stand for non-syllabic vowel-like sounds. Now please move
> aside to some quiet corner and contemplate what has been said so far
>
> Piotr

Very nice. There is an /i/ or kind of /i/ but never an /e/.
With this you got me indeed to move in a corner since there will never
be an "ke" from a Latin "cl" ( clavis > cheie)
I am moving to think about.