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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face=Gentium><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>I should write <<b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>sqwier</span></i></b>> and give a
MC plural <<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>sqwierryon</span></i></b>>
[skwɪˈɛr(ː)jən], and an LC <<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:
italic'>sqwerryon</span></i></b>> [ˈskwɛr(ː)jən]. An assimilation of [ɪ]
after [w] before a stressed vowel seems a likely development.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face=Gentium><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Dan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face=Gentium><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face=Gentium><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Michael Everson<br>
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 4:27 PM</span></font><span lang=EN-GB><br>
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</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Gentium><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Nance gives:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Gentium><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>squȳer, -yon which I read as squȳeryon<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=3 face=Gentium><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>OM</span></font></st1:place><span
lang=EN-GB> gives squyerryon, and Lhuyd skụerrion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Gentium><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The singular is sqwier [ˈskwiːəɾ] in KS, but should
the plural be sqwieryon/sqwyeryon or sqweryon?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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