On 2006-06-23 08:43, alexandru_mg3 wrote:
> I doubt. Why not the same assimilation in faba too
... or in <faber>.
Perhaps because distant assimilation (like distant dissimilation and
metathesis of the parabla > palabra type) is a capricious kind of change
-- in fact, it consists in the lexicalisation of a frequently occurring
slip of the tongue.
Piotr