Re: LONG: Latest Wenetaic Stuff

At 02:16 10/31/1999 -0600, you wrote:
>John Cowan wrote:
>
>> Tom Wier wrote:
>>
>> > Right -- in German, the allophones of /x/ are:
>> >
>> > [C] when following a front vowel, and
>> > [x] when following a back vowel.
>>
>> Almost.  The diminutive suffix "-chen" is always [C@n] no matter what
>> precedes it, so there is a possible minimal pair:
>>
>>         kuchen /kux@n/ 'cook (v.)'
>>         Kuhchen /kuC@n/ 'little cow'
>>
>> The question is whether anyone actually uses the word "Kuhchen".
>>
Of course we do!
If I had a pet cow, that is what I would call her.
As it is, I call my pet cat "Kaetzelienileinichen"
She just looks at me funny when I do, but she'd do that anyway.

Sylvia


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