LL-L "Orthography" 2003.10.18 (05) [E]

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From: jannie.lawn <jannie.lawn at ntlworld.com>
Subject:  LL-L "Orthography" 2003.10.17 (13) [E]

Hai all,
Ron wrote: Take for example <schrift> ([SrIft] writing, script) versus
<schryven> (['Sri:vm] to write).  Should the former be spelled <schrivt>
instead?

Holger commented: In EFLS end-consonants are often voiced or in a medium
state between voiced and unvoiced [v]/[f] - and "wī sğrīven" = we write has
the same shape like the infinitive "sğrīven".  (sorry for the 'funny' copy,
but some characters on my laptop still come out as squares).

I am not a linguist, but I have studied linguistics.  My comment would be: I
don't speak EFLS, but in Dutch there are other examples, such as: leeft /
leven, half / halveren, geloof / geloven.  I do pronounce the two consonants
differently and I believe that the 'f' in the final consonant (-cluster) is
the 'original' sound and should be voiceless, whereas the medial 'v' has
become voiced under influence of the 'e' that follows it.

Groeten, Jannie Lawn-Zijlstra

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