--- Thomas Leigh <thomas@...>
wrote:
>
> Also, does anyone know why Modern English ended up
> with /x/>/f/ in a few words (e.g. laugh, enough)
> rather than /x/ just dropping as it did in most
> words? Yes, I know that sentence was ungrammatical,
> but it's early and I can't figure out how to say it
> well. :)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Thomas
Goodness. Sounds like a homework assignment. OE /x/
had different outcomes depending on its position in
the word. I became 0 in some environments [f] in
others and had other outcomes elsewhere. There are
others more knowledgable than, I but I'll leave it at
that (at least till I'm sure this *isn't* a homework
assignment ;-)
Adam who has spent the last three ears giving home
work but is about to start recieving it again