Re: [tied] Re: Proper methodology

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 28015
Date: 2003-12-05

Richard:
>What if singular and plural had merged? Might not we have a suffix
>*-s as in the 2s of verbs, meaning 'your' (ambiguity intentional!)?
>(The whole would be parallel to 'you lot', 'your group' in various
>languages.)

I had never thought of that but then again, where else is this usage
of 2ps *-s as "your" hinted at in IE?


= gLeN
(aka: that guy with the retroflex name)

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