Re: Vacillare

--- On Mon, 12/8/08, tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> From: tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...>
> Subject: [tied] Re: Vacillare
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, December 8, 2008, 1:32 PM
> > > > I suppose most wankers do so because
> they've left
> > > to their own devices
> > >
> > > That verb had to come up sooner or later.
> > > How come it has /ä/, not /å/ as expected after
> /w/?
> >
> > Perhaps taboo deformation?
>
> I should hope not.
>
> > Perhaps due to the nasal?
>
> 'Wander' has /å/.
>
> > aeng is very common in English
> > Perhaps it's originally a dialect word from an
> area that favors
> > /ae/ over /a/
>
> Isn't it originally British only?
>
>
> Torsten

Yes it is but there are many, many dialects in Britain and some have /ae/ where others use /a/