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Re: CHAT: Guessing games (was: Middle English question)

From:BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Monday, August 2, 1999, 20:35
At 01:11 -0500 2.8.1999, Tom Wier wrote:
>Nik Taylor wrote: > >> Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote: >> > Heh. Have a go at my name, please (christian name and surname). I'd >> > love to see what people think I'm called. >> > Lars Mathiesen >> >> [lA(r)z 'mATis@n], [lA(r)z m@'Tis@n], or [lA(r)z 'mAT@s@n]? > >I don't think any of the Scandinavian languages have [T] anymore.
Icelandic does!
> >If it were German, it would be [la:(@)s ma't_hi:z@n]. But I have no idea >if any of the Scandinavian languages have final devoicing. Or what I presume >to be prevocalic voicing of <s>, for that matter.
No and no. /BP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ B.Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> <melroch@...> Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant! (Tacitus)