Strange use of Quapaw article/aux.

[Koontz John E]

On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Koontz John E wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Catherine Rudin wrote:

> > By the way, I'm not always good at hearing aspiration, but I'm pretty
> > sure I've always heard the Omaha "future" tta=i=the with an aspirated
> > th in the last part.

> Well, undeniably what you hear would tend to have pretty heavy weight.
> I've just never heard it.

Just in case there was anything obscure about this, I mean only that I've
never been fortunate enough to elicit it, but have only seen it in text.
I trust Catherine's ear!

JEK