Re: Birch-barch MS (1st century) & Kacc

Hi Jim,

   Just try to keep in mind that the examples are often extremely rare,
exceptions to the rule, etc. --so much so that I'm frequently finding
that the Sinhalese editions "mis-correct" the examples to reflect more
common usage, destroying the point of the example (whereas the Burmese
seems to retain the correct spellings, generally).

   And, further, the examples are "not infrequently" grossly unrelated
to the rule in question.

   We already discussed a few very difficult examples of this on the list.

   In any case, one must regard the examples as tertiary.

E.M.