Re: German and English (was Re: Losing languages ...)
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, September 27, 2003, 21:07 |
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At 14:53 25.9.2003 -0400, John Cowan wrote:
> > English: *stain > *sta:n > *stO:n > sto:n > stOun > st@Un
>
>Of course, the numerically largest dialect is conservative here and
>doesn't make it through the last transition.
In the early 20th century there were extreme RP speakers (mostly or
exlusively male) who even had [E@]. That however was too extreme
and receded.
I'm of course a bloody furriner and waver between [ow] and [o:]
depending on level of concentration. No similar wavering with
[ej] ~ [e:], since [ej] is well entrenched in my L1.
/BP 8^)
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