From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 58488
Date: 2008-05-14
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
>> > Patrick:
>> >
>> > IEists routinely write it *e/*o.
>> ==========
>>
>> I don't think they mean there is only one phoneme.
>> I understand that as meaning _two_ phonemes.
>> I suppose they might confirm it.
>> Arnaud
>>
>> ========
>
>
> Patrick:
>
> They call it the thematic vowel - not vowels, Arnaud.
>
========
This is a way to distinguish e and o,
from laryngeal schwas.
This does not mean *e and *o are one thing.
Arnaud
=============
>> You misread me.
>>
>> I meant the English language.
>>
>> Arnaud
>
> ***
>
> Patrick:
>
> English?
>
> Not a factor in this discussion.
>
> ***
English has maintained at least since 2000 year
the distinction between voiced th (as in <the>)
and voiceless th (as in <thick>)
Your entropy law is refuted.
Arnaud