Re: Proto-Language Reconstruction Ring

In a message dated 6/2/01 1:27:29 PM, jaspax@U.WASHINGTON.EDU writes:

<< But if Roger doesn't mind, we could form a chain and put him at the end

of it so that each person gets the data from the person in front of them,

and passes their own data to the person behind them:

Elliot > Me > David > Andreas > Roger

The disadvantage is that someone (Elliot as I've drawn it here) gives

their language but doesn't do any reconstructing themself.  The other

option is that we just form individual pairs and trade langs separately. >>

    Couldn't Roger give his to Elliot, or am I missing something?
    Also, as I'm doing this reconstructing, I'm using a whole lot of IPA
symbols.  Do you think I could, somehow, paste the results as a picture in an
e-mail rather than trying to mess with SAMPA?  I'm not sure if it would work,
but it would be  much easier if it did.

-David

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