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From: "Bobby D. Bryant" <bdbryant@mail.utexas.edu>
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Subject: Re: Archaic English Spelling
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 06:11:51 -0600
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On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 17:27:49 +0200, Uncle Davey wrote:
> and Linear B had ph for the phi sound, if I remember rightly.
A quick peek at Hooker reveals several examples of simple 'pe', 'pi', etc.
for "phe", "phe" etc. That's one reason it's so darn hard to read.
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Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas
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