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From:David Peterson <digitalscream@...>
Date:Thursday, May 3, 2001, 16:51
In a message dated 5/3/01 9:47:31 AM, DigitalScream@AOL.COM writes:

<< In a message dated 5/3/01 1:35:02 AM, christophe.grandsire@FREE.FR writes:

<< Well, in fact I don't see what's unnatural about it. To me it's plain
normal

that if you put together a stem and an affix, some phenomena of assimilation,

dissimilation or whatever take place. Now, I'm not a specialist of sandhi, so
I

may say stupid things... >>

    Ah, I'm learning Hawaiian right now.  And though it has twelve letters,
it actually has all of the following sounds: >>

    I totally screwed up!  I wasn't supposed to copy the part about that, but
about how Hawaiian and Tahitian have the fewest phones!  Oops!

-David