Re[2]: [tied] Re: Latin is a q-Dialect having p- from kW , PIE i

At 2:15:40 PM on Monday, May 14, 2007, Piotr Gasiorowski
wrote:

> On 2007-05-14 15:34, tgpedersen wrote:

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>> Any particular geographical distribution of x -> f ?

> It occurs throughout England. Words like <drought> often
> have /f/ in traditional dialects. Dialectal words like
> <broft> are (or at least used to be) particularly common
> in the conservative dialects of the West Country (esp.
> Devonshire, Cornwall).

And off in the other direction the place-name <Brough> is
(or was in recent times) [brVf] in Derbyshire,
Nottinghamshire, and Westmorland, and [brUf] in Yorkshire
North Riding (according to Ekwall).

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Brian