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Thread #138560   Message #3172932
Posted By: Dave MacKenzie
19-Jun-11 - 01:30 PM
Thread Name: middle English word - Dou
Subject: RE: middle English word - Dou
The fact that 'fowl' is a cognate of German 'Vogel' has less to with the pronunciation of the 'yogh' than fairly standard phonetic evolution in English as a whole. I don't think it's ever been used to represent any of the common pronunciations of 'w' as a vowel or consonant.

Dave MacKenȝie