Initial "s" (was: General RFI)

[John Cowan <cowan@locke.ccil.org>]

Padrig Bryn yscrifef:

> eo yscreus:
> 
> >       ys at incol sluch lor mmorus --> ys at ary sluch lor mmorus.
> 
> This, of course, _should_ read ys at incol nysluch lor mmorus and ys at
> ary 'sluch lor mmorus.  I forgot that word initial s- requires a vowel to
> preceed it.

The correction is sound, but the rule is too strong.  It's only
initial "s" + consonant that's forbidden, as in "yscrifer".  There
are plenty of words with initial "s" + vowel.

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John Cowan	http://www.ccil.org/~cowan		cowan@ccil.org
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