Re: CHAT: Phonemic status of English interdentals

Nik Taylor scripsit:

> Presumably an old proverb, the exact form of which I can't remember, but
> something like "A sparrow does not a spring make", which preserved the
> older word order.
You're thinking of "One swallow [the bird] doesn't make a summer," which doesn't
sound old, but is actually of Proto-Indo-European vintage, being found in
several different IE branches, IIRC.

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