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From: leichter@yale-com.UUCP (Jerry Leichter)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: seven vowels?
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Date: Wed, 12-Oct-83 09:59:47 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 12 09:59:47 1983
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w as a vowel:  cwm, pronounced more or less as c-u-umlaut-m; allegedly a
kind of small cave; a Scottish - Celtic? - word.  I heard about this years
ago, but your question finally got me to go check my OED - and it isn't
listed!...hence, the "allegedly".
							-- Jerry
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