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Re: [conculture] Re: The things one finds

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Saturday, July 24, 1999, 19:35
Barry Garcia wrote:
> /k/ -> /g/ except when /k/ is next to /g/: kamay - gamay, magkaroon - > magkaroon
That's pretty unlikely, /k/ next to /g/ would be more likely than other /k/'s to become /g/, because of assimilation. -- "[H]e axed after eggys: And the goode wyf answerde, that she coude not speke no Frenshe ... And then at last a nother sayd that he woulde haue hadde eyren: then the goode wyf sayd that she vnderstood hym wel." -- William Caxton http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Conlang/W.html http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor