User talk:Prosfilaes
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[edit] Useful material
I'm familiar with the 3RR rules, even if I've not be real great at always following them. Please avoid dropping templates on this page; I know the policies fairly well, and a friendly message goes much further then an inpersonal recitation of policy. It's generally better to leave discussion on the subject on the talk page of the article, too. I do wipe this page fairly frequently; it's all available in the history.--Prosfilaes 18:48, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] i-mutation
Your question about i-mutation in Chinese is very interesting. But I can't answer your question, because my level of linguistic knowledge is too low.
In the reconstructed pronunciations, the i vowels occur in front of, not following, other vowels. According to the description of the i-mutation article, the i occurs in the wrong place, so there is absolutely no chance it is an i-mutation.
But is what I wrote above meaningful? Probably not, since quite truly I don't know what I am writing here.
(Whether I trust the i-mutation article is another matter. I don't. Not truly because of the diaeresis argument, but because of the sans serif–gothic argument a year ago. But this is irrelevant. Because I don't object to it, since I don't know anything about i-mutations.)
But you might want to answer my question posed to FelipeS in his talk page. I would be interested in knowing how you answer my question.
See you in 3 week's time (or more).—Gniw (Wing) 04:10, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Sorry about the midget stuff, I think I need to move on. Again, sorry.
