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Re: [Re: [Re: [Re: [Re: Roll Your Own IE language]]]]

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Monday, April 12, 1999, 20:04
Bryan Maloney wrote:
> If the vowels weren't in the roots, then weren't they pronounced without > vowels, or were the roots never actually pronounced (simply "implied") > but always given some form of alteration (I hesitate to say "inflection", > specifically) when actually used?
This reminds me of Semitic roots. -- "It's bad manners to talk about ropes in the house of a man whose father was hanged." - Irish proverb http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-name: NikTailor