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OT: Speech Therapy

From:Y.Penzev <isaacp@...>
Date:Monday, December 3, 2001, 7:59
Re: Dan Sulani on Friday, November 30, 2001 1:07 PM

> Now _that_ is interesting! Considering how distantly related Farsi and > French are, and the fact that the two speech communities are not > close geographically, assuming that she is correct, I wonder what the > explanation is.
Why strange? I heard from our professor of general linguistics at the Kiev University, that Farsi is sometimes called "French of the Middle East". Is it due to its stress on the last syllable? - Yitzik (yes, i've changed my e-mail address)