Michael Everson scripsit:

> Many dialects of English have /x/. You can call English in Wales,
> Scotland, and Ireland "contaminated" but I don't think it's right to
> do so. The sounds have been there for centuries, and are learned in
> infancy by native speakers.

Fair enough. | Ya call that English!?

--
John Cowan www.ccil.org/~cowan www.reutershealth.com jcowan@...
In might the Feanorians / that swore the unforgotten oath
brought war into Arvernien / with burning and with broken troth.
and Elwing from her fastness dim / then cast her in the waters wide,
but like a mew was swiftly borne, / uplifted o'er the roaring tide.
--the Earendillinwe