From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 54392
Date: 2008-03-01
> At 8:24:49 PM on Friday, February 29, 2008, Richard[...]
> Wordingham wrote:
>> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott"
>> <BMScott@...> wrote:
>>>> <February> also has the natural development route
>>>> */febrjU&ri:/ > /febjU&ri:/ > /febj&ri:/
>>>> The first stage may actually be <February> > <Febuary> -That should of course have read 'it's not the most likely
>>>> the latter is a common misspelling.
>>> I'd be very much surprised if it were by way of your
>>> starred form: [rjU] is pretty unlikely even for those
>>> varieties (like mine) that have [njU]~[n^U],
>>> [djU]~[d^U], etc.
>> Has it always been impossible?
> Very possibly not, though I don't actually know; I still
> think that it's the most likely route.