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RE: The oddities of the bigram "ed" - Jorge_Stolfi - 18-02-2026
(17-02-2026, 07:32 AM)ReneZ wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.my question about "eed" was related to the suggestion that "ed" might be a single unit. While this is tempting, this then leaves the question whether "eed" is another unit, or should be read as "e" + "ed". Neither seem satisfactory to me. (words ending -edy can also end -ey, or -eedy, or -eey)
Rene, you know my view. My proposed "true alphabet" has the following elements:
12443.625000 0.09984 {a}
21543.125000 0.17285 {o}
15120.250000 0.12132 {y}
5192.000000 0.04166 {q}
11388.500000 0.09137 {d}
9220.250000 0.07398 {l}
5792.375000 0.04647 {r}
2081.750000 0.01670 {s}
5664.500000 0.04545 {ch} 3906.250000 0.03134 {che}
3842.250000 0.03083 {ee} 324.000000 0.00260 {eee}
2085.500000 0.01673 {sh} 1869.250000 0.01500 {she}
7295.000000 0.05853 {k} 1519.000000 0.01219 {ke}
4173.750000 0.03349 {t} 786.000000 0.00631 {te}
452.500000 0.00363 {ckh} 169.500000 0.00136 {ckhe}
591.000000 0.00474 {cth} 148.000000 0.00119 {cthe}
316.000000 0.00254 {f}
1197.375000 0.00961 {p}
36.000000 0.00029 {cfh}
104.500000 0.00084 {cph}
113.500000 0.00091 {n} 868.250000 0.00697 {m}
1665.500000 0.01336 {in}
3779.000000 0.03032 {iin}
159.000000 0.00128 {iiin}
My You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. listed a few others, like {cphe} and {ir}, but now I am almost convinced that they are errors at some stage.
Thus, in my model,
- A single e is always a modifier for the previous element, which must be a "bench" Ch, Sh, or a "kite" (k/t gallows) possibly with platform.
- A double e is always an element {ee} by itself, in the same "benches" class as Ch and Sh.
- A triple e can be an element {eee} by itself; but if it comes after a bench or kite, it is ambiguous. Like, Cheeed could be {ch}{eee}{d} or {che}{ee}{d}. One day we may know the rule, but for now either parsing may be the right one.
- A quadruple e may be ambiguous too, but they must be too rare to matter.
All the best, --stolfi
RE: The oddities of the bigram "ed" - Dunsel - 18-02-2026
RE: The oddities of the bigram "ed" - Aga Tentakulus - 18-02-2026
RE: The oddities of the bigram "ed" - Dunsel - 19-02-2026
RE: The oddities of the bigram "ed" - Aga Tentakulus - 19-02-2026
RE: The oddities of the bigram "ed" - Dunsel - 17-03-2026