My name's fixed now, thank $deity.
From: Stephen Mulraney [mailto:ataltanie@OCEANFREE.NET]
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 15:35:34 -0000
> Kieth Gaughan <kgaughan@...> wrote:
>
>
> > From: Stephen Mulraney [mailto:ataltanie@OCEANFREE.NET]
> >
> > <snipping explaination of why Irish orthography actually rocks>
>
> Well, I didn't want to say before I explained it, but you're right ;)
>
>
> > > Interesting... must study OI some day. What you say makes it look
> > > systematic rather than just bad ;). Maybe the palatalised/velarised
> > > distinction, e.g. of /c'/ vs. /c/, arose as allophones conditioned by
> > > surrounding vowels, where the allophones became phonemes as a result
of
> > > a change in the vowel system removing the conditioning environment.
> >
> > I think there is a good reason for the the distinction in the old
system.
> > I don't have a copy of Thurneysen here in the office, but I'm sure
somebody
> > who does will mention it. If not, I'll look it up tonight and post
something
> > tomorrow.
>
> You'd have one interested reader anyway ;)
Well slap me with a haddock - I managed to get myself locked out of my flat
last
night and had to head over in a taxi to Blarney to talk to my landlord so I
could get a spare key. By the time I got back, it was late so I went to bed.
I'll
take a look at it tomorrow.
> > Cripes!
>
> 'Sblood!
Yegods!
> > I'm just after getting it and it's 3:30 (pm) here. I'm in Ireland
> > and I presumed you were too, Ocean Free email address and everything.
Late
> > mail?
>
> Well, I'm indeed in the land of ire (in "Ballyackley" as I like to call
it),
> but I forgot to send it in the morning; I think I send it about 3pm. I
don't
> think 30mins delay is too unusual, and the fact that we're in the same
coutry
> makes no difference since it has to get to you via the listserv at
brown.edu
> (wherever the hell that is) anyway ;)
That makes *much* more sense!