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From: smryan@netcom.com (S M Ryan)
Subject: Re: <wr> in English
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Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 03:40:05 GMT
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It may be IE, *wer or *wel 'twist, turn.'

wr- used to be /w/+/r/ before /r/ was always labialised. It is
now a relic so that 'wring' and 'ring' are homonyms.

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