Re: irregularities
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 16, 2001, 22:55 |
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"Thomas R. Wier" wrote:
> Because presumably not all natural nouns have northern and
> southern extensions, which was the stated reason for the
> idiom. It needs to make sense withint the context of the
> culture in which it develops.
Altho analogy *could*, presumably, extend it that way.
> > Also, there's the happy maxim: "Sound change is regular and
> > produces irregularity; analogy is irregular and produces regularity."
>
> One that is, unfortunately, misleading.
Well, it is a good rule of thumb. It's not completely accurate, but it
is a good approximation.
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