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--- Anton Sherwood skrzypszy: > > DÄ?bnyka > > Dissimilation (m>b/_n)? I don't think this is a typical example of dissimilation, because the [m] is not really lost or replaced; it survives in the _Ä?_. The whole word is pronounced [dOmb'nIka]. > Other examples? Of dissimilation? Not that I can think of. But the phenomenon I describe above (I think this is what they call "prothesis") occurs more frequently, for example in words like: andeÅ? "ring" < anulus kÄ?bra "room" < camera I even have a situation where it occurs twice in one word: jastrablar "to infuriate" < ex-rabiare Jan ===== "Sochez en savez ni belle" ________________________________________________________________________ Download Yahoo! Messenger now for a chance to win Live At Knebworth DVDs http://www.yahoo.co.uk/robbiewilliams