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Craig Weatherhill
craig at agantavas.org
Sat Oct 9 11:05:42 BST 2010
It is most certainly a short vowel. The use of -i- in the SWF makes
no sense. However, people might cite the surname Keast where the
vowel has become long, but there is a shortage of evidence to confirm
kyst as the origin of this surname.
Craig
On 9 Hed 2010, at 10:10, Michael Everson wrote:
> SWF gives kist but this must be [kiːst] according to the SWF's rules
> of length. But Nance and Williams give kyst [kɪst], not *kȳst, and
> Gendall gives kist [kɪst], not *kîst. A long vowel is incorrect
> here; the spelling in SWF should be kyst; it is kyst in KS.
>
> Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/
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