RE: Evolution - was VMs: Inks and retouching

["Borek Lupomesky" <borek@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>I don't agree. Maybe in Germanic and Roman languages, but definitely 
>not in Slavonic languages. There (or at least in Czech and Slovak I 
>am perfectly familiar with) the double letters are quite rare, 
>limited mainly to combinations of a prefix ending with some consonant 
>and a root beginning with the same consonant. In Persian (I know, a 
>bit exotic, but still an indogerman/indoeuropean language) double 
>letters also occur rather rarely.

   Thanks Lukas, Slavonic languages (and Czech in particular) was what I had on my mind when writing my response.

   Borek
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