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Roger Mills scripsit:

>   Change /kone/ to /tS2:n/ in 4 steps.
>
>   Possible answer:
>   1.) Umlaut *kone > k2ne
>   2.) Final vowel deletion: *k2ne > k2n
>   3.) Compensatory lengthening: *k2n > k2:n
>   4.) Palatalization: *k2:n > tS2:n
Pretty reasonable.  But then there's how to change "Middletown" to "Moses":
see http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/8389/moses.htm .

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John Cowan           http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all.  There
are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language
that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.
        --_The Hobbit_