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Re: NATLANGS: What's that writing system?

From:Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
Date:Tuesday, July 11, 2006, 6:43
On 7/11/06, Paul Joseph Schleitwiler, FCM <pjschleitwilerfcm@...> wrote:
[about German "Thal"]
> The 'th' represents an aspirated t, not a Þ.
Is that what it is? I thought the "h" in that context served to indicate that the vowel was long (as "h" still often does in modern German when it follows a vowel), though the placement before the vowel seems odd to someone accustomed only to modern German spelling rules. I also thought the "h" in "roth" (red), also long since abolished, was there for the same reason. Cheers, -- Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>

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