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Re: Request for help, Spanish

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Monday, October 11, 1999, 23:16
Danny Wier wrote:
> By the way, I wonder why Spanish doesn't write <nn> for palatal <n>, in=
stead
> of <=F1>, so that an extra character isn't necessary?
Well, one reason is that there are words like {innoble} from {in-} plus {noble} that are pronounced with regular {n}. Of course, the tilde is derived from an {n}, which is why Portuguese uses it to indicate nasalization. --=20 "No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens" - Abraham Lincoln=20 http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor