Re[2]: RE : [tied] Re: North of the Somme

At 9:38:37 PM on Saturday, September 1, 2007, Rick
McCallister wrote:

> Given that W Germanic invaded Celtic-speaking territory
> and N Germanic didn't, one would guess that at least some
> of the differences are due to Celtic substrate, possibly
> the palatal derived affricates of English et al

I'd not want to make much of so natural a sound change.

Brian