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Re: The letter R

From:Danny Wier <dawier@...>
Date:Friday, March 26, 1999, 23:06
>>Haitian Creole actually DOES change the r > w. In voudoun, great
spirit
>>lords are referred to as "gwan ange," ie. Great Angels ... >> > >Sort of like Elmer Fludd :)
And you also got the case of Patrick Roy, the goalie for the Colorado Avalanche ice hockey team: /wA:/, from French /RwA:/. (I know, that's more like assimilation and epenthesis rather than a true /R/ > /w/ shift.) Danny Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com