Re: [tied] Re: Pronunciation of "r" - again?

Andrew Jarrette wrote:

> Thus the change of
> /w/ to /v/ occurs, if only in names, even in English. Perhaps it's
> an inevitable death of /w/, and English will eventually give in and
> join the other Indo-European languages in this phenomenon, someday.

This has nothing to do with sound change. It only reflects a growing
awareness of foreign orthographic conventions. It isn't going to make
anyone pronounce <Watt> or <Washington> with /v/ on the analogy of <Wagner>.

Piotr