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Re: ConGermanicRomanceLang?

From:Robert Hailman <robert@...>
Date:Monday, December 11, 2000, 2:46
Barry Garcia wrote:
> > CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes: > >Well, you've got "thank" & "Danke", which means [T] in English > >corresponds to [d] initially, no? > > The way I say "thank" is with /D/ not /T/.
Really? Interesting. For me it's an aspirated /T/. The biggest hole in my knowledge of the sound shifts right now is the vowels - surely they must have changed. And besides, I need them to so I can get all of German's diphthongs and such. -- Robert