So, Dr. Hamilton, is this your question: "Why does the author of Beowulf
treat, for alliterative purposes, two distinct sounds ['y' as in 'yet', and
'g' as in 'get'] if they were the same?
And, further, you wonder: "Were voiced and voiceless velar fricatives
distinct in Proto-Germanic?"
Time for a nap now,
Yr Friend and amicable Determined G
2008/11/29 Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]>
> Oh, you modest Poopsie!
> BTW, shall we entitle this subject thread "Yogh-Saga"?
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> We should be able to serialize Yogh-Saga...esp with my endearments and
> hotel room adventures.
>
> Yr Determined and Amused G
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> 2008/11/29 Robin Hamilton <[log in to unmask]>
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>> Can you just begin with the bit
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>>> about the oral fribble and then go ahead and smack her with your
>>> discovery?
>>>
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>> I'm not sure that I'd quite describe it as a *discovery, more a
>> befuddlement.
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>> R.
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