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Oh, apparently the *avoidance of [y]/[g] alliteration occurs at least as
early as texts, such as Brunaburgh, dating from about 970.
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How in such a short text does avoidance manifest itself in a way that is
different from, say, absence?
CW
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Dozens have gone missing, the decision taken is Elsewhere.
but yes, yes we remain as poetry, pure immateriality.
in the name of the 'current state of things' they murmur to us:
"we went for a stroll, now it's a question of marching!" But this
stroll of ours has brought us a long way off, and now
the horizon is behind us.
(from *Materiali*, Indiani Metropolitani 1977)
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