Re: Ancient Greek Phonology
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 21, 2000, 0:09 |
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Raymond Brown wrote:
> 'ea' passed first to [e:], a sound still preserved in _great_ and _steak_
Any reason why it remained in those words? And why did it not change at
all in "bread" or the past tense "read"? Was that due to some kind of
conditioning factors, or different dialects, or what?
> and, I believe, in some varieties of Irish English
I've heard /tej/ or perhaps /te:/ for "tea".
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