On 2008-04-02 11:40, Rick McCallister wrote:
> breaking vs non-breaking
<wæ:r> 'agreement' vs. <wear(r)> 'callosity', <æ:l> 'eel' vs. <eal(l)>
'all', <dæ:l> 'part' vs. <deal(l)> 'proud', <he:r> 'here' vs. <heor(r) ~
hior(r)> 'hinge' etc. They can be compered only in this context
(word-finally), as inherited long vowels didn't normally occur before
-lC or -rC.
Piotr