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Re: the letter H

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Saturday, August 16, 2003, 3:19
Thomas R. Wier scripsit:

> It depends on the language. Russian, which lost /h/ long > ago, historically borrows foreign words with /h/ as /g/, > written <g>. (This is due to the influence of Ukrainian, > which borrows /h/ as /G/, which corresponds to Russian /g/). > Modern words from English are sometimes borrowed as /x/.
We established a while back that the /x/ mechanism is now the dominant one; /g/ is rather 19th century. -- John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan I am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag went over me. I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider. --Bilbo to Smaug