From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 58527
Date: 2008-05-15
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan"More to the point, Patrick is confusing phonology with
> <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.