Re: Droppin' Ds

Padraic Brown wrote:
> But tesorero, carros, etc. Like "S remains unchanged except when found
> in initial clusters (i.e. esC-), where it originally became H, then
> dropped out."
How about just, /s/ is lost in syllable-final position?  Altho that
would also cause it to be lost in carros.  Perhaps something similar to
what's happened in Andalusian (I think that's the one), /os/ = [Os] ->
[Oh] -> [O], creating a phonemic distinction between /o/ and /O/, as
well as between /e/ and /E/, and between /A/ and /a/ ([A] having been
used in open syllables, [a] in closed), thus the plural is formed by
changing the last vowel, /e/ -> /E/, /o/ -> /O/, /A/ -> /a/, with /E/
added to consonant-final words.

> I've heard Spanish speakers do all sorts of wierd things with nasals
Some dialects have [N] for word-final nasals, I've read.

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