Re: THEORY: derivation question
| From: | Boudewijn Rempt <bsarempt@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 26, 1999, 21:05 |
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On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> Looks like we've finally found a language that makes English spelling
> look sensible! :-)
>
As my teacher, George van Driem, used to say - Classical Tibetan
(and for that matter Dzhonka) spelling is utterly sensible and rational.
You just have to remember the sound-change laws for the past thousand
yearsi, apply them consequently, and bob's your uncle ;-). I never
succeeded in learning the spelling, though, pronouncing everything as a
low, grumbling 'thro'...