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From: jcf@world.std.com (Joseph C Fineman)
Subject: Re: Number word etymology (was: Why is a circle 360 degrees?)
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Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 22:13:34 GMT
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kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz (Paul J Kriha) writes:

>        chiteri
>        ^^^^^^^
>        chetire (or chetyre)

>And what would you call this?  Vowel mutation? Commutation?  :-)

Methatesis.

>WOLF! wolf? WOLF! WOLF!! WO..(slurp) WOOF! WOOF!

On alt.sex.bears, that would be pornographic.
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