----- Original Message ----- From: <ECOLING at aol.com> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 11:33 PM [snip] > The theta <th> is also I believe often a reflex of earlier /ts/ > rather than only via /ts/ > /s/ > "th". [Ed Selleslagh] In European Spanish c (before i, e) (=theta) < /ts/ < Latin c (before i,e) or -t(i)-. Ed.