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Re: Gothic Vowels

From:Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Sunday, January 11, 2004, 22:23
At 21:17 11.1.2004, John Cowan wrote:
> > > > What basis is there *really* for supposing the > > ai ái aí and au áu aú distinction apart from > > etymology? > >None whatsoever. Gothic romanization is essentially an attempt to >write both Gothic and proto-Gothic at the same time. :-)
Exactly my impression also. /BP 8^) -- B.Philip Jonsson mailto:melrochX@melroch.se (delete X) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__ A h-ammen ledin i phith! \ \ __ ____ ____ _____________ ____ __ __ __ / / \ \/___ \\__ \ /___ _____/\ \\__ \\ \ \ \\ \ / / / / / / / \ / /Melroch\ \_/ // / / // / / / / /___/ /_ / /\ \ / /'Aestan ~\_ // /__/ // /__/ / /_________//_/ \_\/ /Eowine __ / / \___/\_\\___/\_\ Gwaedhvenn Angeliniel\ \______/ /a/ /_h-adar Merthol naun ~~~~~~~~~Kuinondil~~~\________/~~\__/~~~Noolendur~~~~~~ || Lenda lenda pellalenda pellatellenda kuivie aiya! || "A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" (JRR Tolkien)