Re: evolving languages

On Wednesday 15 January 2003 9:41 pm, Arthaey Angosii wrote:
> Emaelivpar Christophe Grandsire:
> >Unless they are frequently used (which is why most irregular words are
> > common ones, too bad for the L2 learner of the language ;))) ).
>
> From my knowledge of English, Spanish, and (teensy amounts of) German, I
> agree that this is what I've experienced.  By why is this so?  If I know
> the theoretical reasons behind irregularity, perhaps I can do a better job
> of working it into Asha'ille.  :)
>
I think it's a tendency to say commoner words faster, which means that
phonetically they lose phonemes, mutate, and soforth, creating irregular
forms...