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2 47 17_methodology et al10_Jerry Blaz19_ffdog@earthlink.net31_Tue, 09 May 2000 01:40:44 -0700410_us-ascii Monica said:<br><br>>But that was precisely my point, and continues to be my point. With no >offense intended against Jerry Blaz, it doesn't matter whether or not Jerry >Blaz accepts it.<br><br>Thanks a lot, but you're going to have to try harder to offend me. But if my speculation about a sound shift is far-fetched, I wish you were more specific in criticizing me, otherwise, how can I learn? [...]
50 33 21_Re: methodology et al13_Monica Devens17_mdevens@yahoo.com36_Tue, 9 May 2000 18:39:08 -0700 (PDT)607_us-ascii Thanks for your good humor, Jerry, and for your help re the body's use of iron.<br><br>I'm afraid I can't respond more specifically to your comments because I don't have them anymore. What I was referring to, though, was Russell's contention that /ayin/ had "degenerated into" /heh/, implying thereby that orthographic /heh/ has/had a true sound value, rather than simply claiming that /ayin/ had been lost. I can't think of any scholar of Semitics who would claim that third-radical /heh/ verbs have or ever have had an [h] as a heard sound. The distinction made between sound loss and sound [...]