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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Consonantal Drift #168085 05/05/07 03:02 AM Joined: May 2007 Posts: 1 J jgilboa OP stranger OP jgilboa stranger J Joined: May 2007 Posts: 1 John Rochat's theory of Consonantal drift deserves serious study. How does he classify Hebrew, a modernized, ancient language which is written without vowels. Thus the words "Hebrew newspaper" in a Hebrew newspaper, reads "Hbrw nwsppr". (In Hebrew letters, of course). Do vowels which are heard but not seen drift to other languages such as English where they are often seen but not heard, like most final 'e's? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Consonantal Drift jgilboa #168141 05/08/07 11:51 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada So that's wher all thos pesky silent e's cam from. I hav wondered. PS Welcom aboard, jgilboa Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,127 Members9,198 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 2,107 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 21 A C Bowden 12 LukeJavan8 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,032 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,968 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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