Re[12]: [tied] Re: PIE initial *a

At 2:57:41 PM on Saturday, May 17, 2008, Andrew Jarrette
wrote:

> Andrew Jarrette <anjarrette@...> wrote:

>> Not to mention, in Southwest and Midland dialects,

>> y: y
>> ø: ø
>> œ: œ

Not the East Midlands: it went with the North and had the
unrounded vowels. And only two sets, I think, one high and
one mid. Oversimplifying a bit:

North & SW &
OE East Midl. SW Midl. SE
-----------------------------
y: i: y: e:
y i y e
e:o e: ø: e:
eo e ø e

Brian