Hydaelyn's Star

[Arkghyom]

Menphina

/n/-> [+nas, LAB]/_ [obstruent, +cont]

An anterior coronal nasal /n/ changes into a labial nasal [m] when it is followed by a continuous obstruent [f] (Alpha rule [labial feature/labialization]-> assimilation.)

In other words, the grammar fetish you have is justified by political constructs of standardization, but the linguistic output says otherwise. Memphina :3

http://idiom.ucsd.edu/~bakovic/grad-...hart_v1102.pdf

PS I was bored, my apologies. <3

[Anonymoose]

An anterior coronal nasal /n/ changes into a labial nasal [m] when it is followed by a continuous obstruent [f] (Alpha rule [labial feature/labialization]-> assimilation.)

That's a lot of words I don't use very much, but does that say "Ns followed by Fs become Ms?"

I'm comfused by this imformation. It sounds umfit for universal emforcement. Simfully so. I comfess that I cannot comform to this comfinement whilst I have spoken otherwise since my imfancy. It'd be too paimful! TOO PAIMFUL. I CANNOT STRIDE FEARLESS INTO THAT IMFERNO.

[LlenCoram]

That's a lot of words I don't use very much, but does that say "Ns followed by Fs become Ms?"

I'm comfused by this imformation. It sounds umfit for universal emforcement. Simfully so. I comfess that I cannot comform to this comfinement whilst I have spoken otherwise since my imfancy. It'd be too paimful! TOO PAIMFUL. I CANNOT STRIDE FEARLESS INTO THAT IMFERNO.

I think it's more that, when spoken, the two letters tend to morph into a letter between the two :P.

Let's call it Mn.

[RolandDebreton]

That's a lot of words I don't use very much, but does that say "Ns followed by Fs become Ms?"

I'm comfused by this imformation. It sounds umfit for universal emforcement. Simfully so. I comfess that I cannot comform to this comfinement whilst I have spoken otherwise since my imfancy. It'd be too paimful! TOO PAIMFUL. I CANNOT STRIDE FEARLESS INTO THAT IMFERNO.

Gadzooks, looking at the time stamp I have to wonder if you didn't spend the full three hours betwixt those messages penning that, but I sat at my computer and slow clapped after reading it....