Re: p <-> kw
| From: | David Peterson <digitalscream@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, December 18, 2002, 0:01 |
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Veslerel:
<<are there any natlangs that show a p > kw sound change (or a b > gw one)?
i've noticed that a few people sometimes pronounce /p/ as [k_w] and
/kw/ as [p] when speaking english and don't realize that they do it.>>
!???!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
"Kwlease bow before the peen!"
I can honestly say I've never heard this in my life. But, interestingly
enough, didn't just such a sound change occur from Proto IE to some of the
other languags? E.g., /gwokwos/ > /bokwos/ "cow" or something like that?
-David
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