| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, November 12, 2000, 23:28 |
Barry Garcia wrote:> Interesting that <gn> was /Nn/, would never have guessed from the > orthography.Why not? [Nn] simply represents assimilation, /g/ acquiring the nasality of /n/, and Latin had no other way of rendering [N]. -- Dievas dave dantis; Dievas duos duonos God gave teeth; God will give bread - Lithuanian proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor