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Re: [T] -> [f] (was: Chinese Dialect Question)

From:Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Wednesday, October 8, 2003, 9:47
At 16:55 7.10.2003, Tristan McLeay wrote:
> > > > Yeah, I think at least international standard English will be relatively > > frozen henceforth. > >I doubt it. I reckon the individual dialects will go their own ways, and >ISE will go wherever GA takes it, though remaining conservative enough >that we can understand it.
Except that GA itself is falling apart. Cf. the Labov link I sent yesterday! /BP 8^) -- B.Philip Jonsson mailto:melrochX@melroch.se (delete X) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__ A h-ammen ledin i phith! \ \ __ ____ ____ _____________ ____ __ __ __ / / \ \/___ \\__ \ /___ _____/\ \\__ \\ \ \ \\ \ / / / / / / / \ / /Melroch\ \_/ // / / // / / / / /___/ /_ / /\ \ / /'Aestan ~\_ // /__/ // /__/ / /_________//_/ \_\/ /Eowine __ / / \___/\_\\___/\_\ Gwaedhvenn Angeliniel\ \______/ /a/ /_h-adar Merthol naun ~~~~~~~~~Kuinondil~~~\________/~~\__/~~~Noolendur~~~~~~ || Lenda lenda pellalenda pellatellenda kuivie aiya! || "A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" (JRR Tolkien)