Re: English Changes or what into Conlangs
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 5, 1999, 19:28 |
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Sally Caves wrote:
> Now I've
> never cottoned to this rule; z seems such an unlikely
> sound to end up as "r."
Not the American r, certainly, but an alveolar r is quite close to /z/,
differing only in manner of articulation. Similar changes like /v/ -->
/w/ are also fairly common, I believe.
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