Re: Short and long vowels

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tombrophey" <TBrophey@...> wrote:

> If this is what you mean, then the weak point of your theory is the
> notion that zero-grade operates separately in the daughter
> languages. IMHO the economy of only one laryngeal is far outweighed
> by the separate processes.

Quite apart from the phonetic processes that work on already-
accomplished zero-grade and which are also pre-PIE since their results
turn up in identical shape in all IE branches. The time has come to
catapult this farce on a merciful flight into oblivion.

Jens