RANDI C ELDEVIK wrote: > I still say that _assimilation_ (which is what the d+qu > cqu change is) > is far from being a "cacophonous clash"--quite the contrary.
Your earlier point was about ease of pronunciation, which is not the same thing as how the sound was perceived; I agree that Wilkinson's assumption, that these two phenomena can be equated, doesn't necessarily hold water. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
