X>Y>X

[D. Anthony Tschetter-Breed]

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Forgive me for being anectdotal, but when topic comes up of sound changes
from X to Y and back to X, I always think of the English:
 
askan > ask > ax (in some dialects, for example Black American English)
 
One could propose that this is not an example of X>Y>X either on the
grounds that the "ax" form is not an innovation but rather a retention of
an earlier form, or perhaps that it's not systematic.  I don't know.  Any
thoughts?
 
-Tony
 
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