Re: Existence of PIE

From the look of this, I have changed to test rather than HTML.

Sorry, Piotr, I was not aware I was a guilty one.


Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Existence of PIE


[That damn HTML again! -- Piotr]

----- Original Message -----
From: tgpedersen<mailto:tgpedersen@...>
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com<mailto:cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 8:57 AM
Subject: [tied] Re: Existence of PIE


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English has a three-way distinction in stops/continuants: b/p/f etc.
Many languages only have two. Compare with Indian English, which has
managed to accommodate the English system within its own by means of
substitutions. I don't think Tok Pisin qualifies as a master pattern
of what a creole necessarily must look like in this respect.

Torsten

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Where's the veef?



Patrick