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Re: Pablo is back, Job, Argentina, Relay, Lord of the Rings

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Monday, January 14, 2002, 10:50
Stephen Mulraney scripsit:

> A friend of mine calls it "sharpening", which is nice. ;)
That term is used in Germanic linguistics, anyhow, for a different effect: the process by which fricatives become stops: cp. English "bridge" with Scots/Northern dialect "brig". -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org Please leave your values | Check your assumptions. In fact, at the front desk. | check your assumptions at the door. --sign in Paris hotel | --Miles Vorkosigan