Re[2]: [tied] Re: Syncope

At 9:29:21 PM on Tuesday, March 30, 2004,
enlil@... wrote:

> In fact, Old English cu/cy "cow(s)" and Modern English
> mouse/mice clearly demonstrate how far the rules of ablaut
> had changed and even adapted to _new_ words, btw.

Are you claiming that <mice> is analogical? It's completely
regular: the PGmc nom.pl. is *mu:siz, yielding OE my:s by
I-umlaut.

Brian