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Re: A'stou part I

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 10, 2000, 18:39
Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> I don't understand this question. If you mean "how do we know how it was > pronounced?"
What I meant was: "How do you know when to use <sy> and when to use <sh> in a word?", that is, are the words spelt with <sy> derived from earlier /sj/, while <sh> indicates that it was always /S/, sort of like the difference between <b> and <v> in Español. -- "If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God!" - Ralph Waldo Emerson ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor