Re[4]: [tied] Early Indo-European loanwords preserved in Finnish

At 8:50:34 AM on Wednesday, February 20, 2008, Patrick Ryan
wrote:

> From: "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>

>> At 2:12:50 AM on Wednesday, February 20, 2008, jouppe wrote:

>>> If we use capital H for aspiration here on the net, how do
>>> we avoid mix-ups with the symbol for "any laryngeal not
>>> possible to know which 'H'"?

>> In PIE it's possible to use simply *h.

> If you mean <h> = /h/, hoorah!

> But I am sure you do not.

Indeed not; I simply mean that no confusion arises if *h is
used for an unspecified laryngeal.

> Did you ever find out more about the cute little bat?

No, I spent virtually the whole bloody long weekend marking
exams. I did take a quick look to see whether any
information was readily available, but without success.

Brian