Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 11:51:26 -0700

From: Rudy Troike RTROIKE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU

Subject: Re: Epenthetic [l] in _home_



Wayne,

Maybe the hulves as plural of hoof was subliminal interference

from calf - calves , since calves (for which the l is "silent") have

hooves. Maybe sort of like the l in could . Analogy produces interesting

results sometimes.

Rudy



--Rudy Troike (rtroike[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ccit.arizona.edu)