Re: German Spelling Reform (fwd)

FFlores wrote:

> Spanish has the silent <h> everywhere, often in places where Latin
> (or the original language in any case) didn't have it.
That's because Latin /f/ became a secondary Spanish /h/ long
after original Latin /h/ was lost.  FABULARE > /hablar/ > /ablar/,
for example.

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        John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan      cowan@ccil.org
Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis um dies! / Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau,
Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau / Und trank die Milch vom Paradies.
                        -- Coleridge / Politzer