> > Does the non-mutation of "g" in recent English loans ("fe fwynhaf i > > ge~m o golff", not *"e~m o olff") extend to technical or > > learned coinages? > > > > E.g. "dysgaf i geometreg neu geneteg" > > > > or "dysgaf i eometreg neu eneteg"? > No! Er, thanks, but do you mean no, the non-mutation doesn't extend to t or l c's, or yes it jolly well does, hence no to "dysgaf i eometreg"? ************************ Nigel Love Linguistics Cape Town NLOVE@BEATTIE.UCT.AC.ZA ************************