Re: Grimm shift as starting point of "Germanic"

Yes, and I offered it as a contrast
See also /tw&niy/ < twenty etc.

--- "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rick McCallister
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 10:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Grimm shift as starting
> point of "Germanic"
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> There's also non-standard English
> iddnit /Iddn&t/ < isn't it, sometimes "innit"
> /Inn&t/
> bidness /bIdn&s/ < business, sometimes "binness"
> /bInn&s/
> Then there's
> granted > /graenn&t/ in some Great Lakes dialects
> and
> elsewhere
> (& = schwa)
>
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>
> In the discussed examples of Miguel/Guus
> we're talking about cases of C-n > CC
> you have listing C-n > nn,
> which are more logical.
>
> A.
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