[VAR-L] verb forms

Neal Whitman nwhitman at AMERITECH.NET
Tue Oct 2 13:09:40 UTC 2012


That's how my wife pronounces "known" and "grown".

Neal

On Oct 2, 2012, at 5:58 AM, Arnold Zwicky <zwicky at STANFORD.EDU> wrote:

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> Roger Lass's reply to me, which didn't go to the whole list:
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>> From: "Roger Lass" <lass at iafrica.com>
>> Subject: Re: [VAR-L] verb forms
>> Date: October 1, 2012 11:45:40 PM PDT
>> To: "Arnold Zwicky" <zwicky at stanford.edu>
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>> Thanks. That helps to make it look less weird in a way, since these are not class VII verbs, not even strong verbs. Though they are open-syllable GOAT verbs, which might be what's involved. I'll wait and have more people do my homework for me.
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>> Subject: Re: [VAR-L] verb forms
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>> also, in my experience, _don't_ and _won't_.
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