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Article #2247Re: labio-velars to labials, but reverse?
From: Peter Christian
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 23:33
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 23:33
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In-Reply-To: <robrtsnj-090193111107@peirce.byu.edu> robrtsnj@yvax.byu.edu (John S. Robertson) > Just a reminder that x became f rather unpredictably in English, as in > laugh, rough, tough, trough and others, but not, for example, though, > through and others. enough & bough both come from the voiced counterpart of x (how do you show it in 7-bit ASCII?). Is there any reason for this uncertainty between f and 0? Peter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Christian Dept of European Languages peter@gold.ac.uk Goldsmiths' College, London. petex@cix.compulink.co.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!cix.compulink.co.uk!petex Newsgroups: sci.lang From: petex@cix.compulink.co.uk (Peter Christian) Subject: Re: labio-velars to labials, but reverse? Reply-To: petex@cix.compulink.co.uk Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 23:33:00 +0000 Message-ID: <memo.854873@cix.compulink.co.uk> Sender: usenet@demon.co.uk Lines: 20