Re: English diglossia (was Re: retroflex consonants)

Keith Gaughan scripsit:

> > My grandfather was from Mayo (not the dressing).
>
> What part exactly?
The family history formerly maintained by my cousin John F. Cowan has
seemingly dropped off the net, but I believe the answer is not known
exactly: all my grandfather's children are dead.

--
John Cowan           http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all.  There
are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language
that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.
        --_The Hobbit_

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