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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Consonantal Drift #168085 05/05/2007 3:02 AM Joined: May 2007 Posts: 1 jgilboa stranger jgilboa stranger 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 05/08/2007 11:51 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah 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

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