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Re: Re : Fw: Sent to me from Georgia

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Saturday, October 9, 1999, 5:48
"Thomas R. Wier" wrote:
> I find it rather hard to believe that *initial* stops would be > reduced to glottal stops. Medial and final, that I can believe > easily -- but initial?
Well, it might've been just no consonant, but I myself may be distorting what they reported hearing, itself possibly a distortion of what the man actually said ... -- Oh Lord, grant that we may always be right, for thou knowest we will never change our mind. - Scots Prayer http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files/ http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor