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=========================================================================<br></div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe"><span class="EP8xU" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Mike Morgan</span> <span class="lDACoc"><<a href="mailto:mwmosaka@gmail.com">mwmosaka@gmail.com</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe">LL-L "Etymology" 2008.04.14 (06) [E]<br><br></span><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2">R/R asked:<br>
<br></font><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gmail_quote"><div class="Ih2E3d"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">So Indic <i>-t</i> became </span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Romany <i>-l</i>. Right? I find this an interesting and rare shift. It can be observed in Korean, such as in Chinese loans ending with <i>-t</i> being <i>-l</i> in Modern Korean.</span></font></blockquote>
</div><div><br>Indic dental stops do indeed become <i>l</i> ... medially. In initial position they remain if non-retroflex, and become <i>r</i> if retroflex..<br></div></div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">And
yes you are right about the IE source; not cow (sic!) but sh*t ... only
now did one of the many Nepali derogatory expressions I learned many
years back spring to mind: </span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">gu khane (manche) </i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'sh*t eating (man)'.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr Michael W Morgan</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Managing Director</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">++++++++++++++++</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">माईकल मोर्गन (पी.एच.डी.)</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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<font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><br>Subject: Etymology<br><br>Thanks, Mike.<br>
<br>I guess the shift <i>-t</i> > <i>-l</i> doesn't seem so strange when you consider the intermediate step of retroflexion.<br><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"></span></font><div style="margin-left: 40px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">> </span></font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">I learned many
years back spring to mind: </span><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">gu khane (manche) </i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">'sh*t eating (man)'.</span><br><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></font></div>
<font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br></span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Well, </span></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">isn't that just precious (as the SNL church lady used to say)? I take it it wasn't being hurled in your direction. It couldn't have been.<br>
<br>Regards,<br>Reinhard/Ron<br></span></font><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">