Re: Identity of the 'language of geminates'

> >> Had it been <möjligt>, you'd have had a point --
>
> > In that case too.
>
> >> but in that case I'd not have said 'So does Hellquist'.
>
> > Probably not, but so what? I pointed out Hellquist wasn't
> > entirely convinced of his proposal.
>
> No, you said that 'Hellquist doesn't seem too convinced',
> which is quite different from 'Hellquist [isn't] entirely
> convinced'. 'Hellquist doesn't seem too convinced' means
> that he appears to have *considerable* doubt, significantly
> more than is implied by 'probably, likely'. It would be a
> reasonable conclusion if he'd written <möjlig>; here it
> simply isn't correct.

Okay, I should have written 'Hellquist isn't entirely convinced'
instead of 'Hellquist doesn't seem too convinced'. Happy now?


Torsten