Re: Powers that be were Re: Newbie says hi
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, November 3, 2002, 1:28 |
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Jeff Jones scripsit:
> Really? I always thought that the "raised" form was older: [i:] > [@i] >
> [ai].
Yes, you are probably right and I'm shooting from the hip. I've always
assumed that "Canadian" (Scots, Pennsylvania) ai-raising was an innovation,
but maybe it's a survival.
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