Re: PIE initial *a

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 58527
Date: 2008-05-15

At 3:27:54 PM on Thursday, May 15, 2008, Richard Wordingham
wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan"
> <proto-language@...> wrote:

>> English <i> does not appear after <q> in native words. So
>> what?

> There are three answers to that:

> (1) <q> does not occur in native English words - we have
> <qu>. ('Qantas' is Strine :).

> (2) _Iraqi_. Only the Guardian spelt it <Iraqui>.

> (3) http://www.qinetiq.com/ .

> These answers are not consistent, but I don't think you
> can consistently reject them all.

More to the point, Patrick is confusing phonology with
spelling.

Brian