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On Tue, 27 May 2003 13:46:14 -0700 Anton Sherwood <bronto@hidden.email> writes: > Jeffrey S. Jones wrote: > > Anyhow, one point of possible interest is that some nouns and > adjectives > > change quality of the stressed vowel in the plural. Examples: > > --- la flur, las flors; > > --- l tor, lus tars; > Is this the outcome of a sequence of regular shifts, or did you just > think it was cool? ;) > I haven't come up with a plausible sequence that results in both > flore>flur and torres>tars; the raising and lowering forces tend to > undo each other. - The double consonant vs. single consonant following the vowel could possibly affect it. -Stephen (Steg) "dos iz nit der ?teg." ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!