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Re: irregularities

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Sunday, December 16, 2001, 22:55
"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. -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42

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