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Re: [conculture] Re: The things one finds

From:Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Tuesday, July 27, 1999, 1:02
Nik Taylor wrote:

> 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.
What? That depends on whether it's a regressive or progressive assimilation. There's no rule that says voiced consonants are particularly favored given only the context of a C-a C-b cluster. =========================================== Tom Wier <artabanos@...> AIM: Deuterotom ICQ: 4315704 <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/> "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero." "Things just ain't the way they used to was." - a man on the subway ===========================================