Re: cardinal points

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex_lycos" <altamix@...> wrote:

> tgpedersen wrote:
> >> wake up Glen. I don't have any question about Romance.Since you

are

> > one
> >> of the experts maybe you can explain in the alternation "vi/ghi"
> >> (Thorsten'S shibolleth) which one should be the ancient

one. "ghi"

> > or
> >> "vi"?. That would be more appropiate to your sphere of interests
> >
> > That sounds like an interesting theory. Who is this Thorsten guy?
> >
> > Torsten
>
> mmm, wasn't here a discussion which such syllabic alternation

which was

> called by you "shibolleth"?
> I remembered about the alternance /vi/ or /bi/ with /g'i/ and

of /pi/

> with /ki/
> The most "extreme" to say so is the alternation of "vi" with "zi"

with

> the intermediate form "g'i" ( vi=g'i=zi)

I don't recall that. Maybe I've had a stroke? Could you give a
reference to the postings where this was discussed?

Torsten