Re: Gmc. w-/g-, j-/g-

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
<richard.wordingham@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <bm.brian@> wrote:

> > In fact it's not clear to me that truly optional sound
> > changes, as distinct from incomplete sound changes, dialect
> > mixtures, analogical changes, synchronic variation, etc.,
> > actually exist.

> What's the difference between an optional sound change and an
> incomplete sound change?

A different history.

Brian