Date:  Fri, 26 Apr 1996 13:16:38 -0600

From:  Bruce Gelder <bgelder[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CAMEL.CORP.ES.COM>

Subject: Re: Epenthetic [l] in _home_



>    Maybe the <hulves> as plural of <hoof> was subliminal interference

>from <calf> - <calves>, since calves (for which the <l> is "silent") have

>hooves. Maybe sort of like the <l> in <could>. Analogy produces interesting

>results sometimes.



And let's not forget that there's another legitimate English word that

might be providing the interference as well, one in which the /l/ IS

pronounced: the surname Holmes (as in Sherlock).



Bruce