From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 57745
Date: 2008-04-20
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From: "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
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>> It's also very difficult to concoct a history that works.
>> OE *dugV would have yielded something like ME *doue, *dowe,
>>so you need a geminate *dugg-, and I don't see where it
>> would come from.
>Well, one could always propose a substrate language containing words
>with geminates? Just a suggestion.
>Torsten
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Yes, Dear Torsten,
The same suggestion came up in my mind.
I suppose M. Scott must have had a thought for you
when he wrote this "I don't see where it would come from"
Qualifies as Freudian.
"ya pas pire sourd que celui qui ne veut pas entendre".
Arnaud
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