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<DIV>Thank you, Alan.</DIV>
<DIV>Probably it was heard by English speaking people as "th-l" and this could be the origin of it's transliteration as "tl".</DIV>
<DIV>Francisc<BR><BR><BR><B><I>"Alan H. Hartley" <ahartley@D.UMN.EDU></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">...<BR>Another analogy is with -thl- in English 'fifthly', a helpful--if not<BR>quite accurate--approximation for those who don't speak Welsh or Tibetan.<BR><BR>Alan<BR><BR>...</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p>
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