Re: /nj/ vs. /J/ [was Re: sounds I can't find!!!]

Benct Philip Jonsson scripsit:

> What's the origin of _geek_, BTW?
The AHD, http://www.bartleby.com/61/0/G0070000.html , guesses that it's
an arbitrary alteration of Platt _geck_, fool (presumably cognate
with Scots _gowk_ 'cuckoo, fool').  But nobody knows.  When first
recorded it meant 'circus freak'.

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