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Re: Irregularity in human languages (was Re: irregular conlangs)

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Friday, October 1, 1999, 20:21
On Fri, 1 Oct 1999 12:08:56 -0400 Don Blaheta <dpb@...> writes:
> So the only two I can't explain (that I saw) were "breed" and > "sweep".
> -- > -=-Don > Blaheta-=-=-dpb@cs.brown.edu-=-=-<http://www.cs.brown.edu/~dpb/>-=-
How about "breed" and "sweep" having been anazlyzed as 'based' on "read" and "weep", both of which i'd classify as "little kid" verbs. -Stephen (Steg) ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.