From: Dan Jones (feuchard@2crfm.net)
Date: Fri Sep 07 2001 - 22:17:24 EST
I've encountered some trouble with Medolian. I just can't decide what to dowith the Vulgar Latin cluster -mn-. First thought was excrescence, along the lines of Spanish: *homne > ômbre > oambre /'wambr@/. However, "feambra" /'fjambra/ doesn't sound like a good word for "woman".
We get to the Crunch:
How do other (con-)romancelangs deal with this cluster? Spanish does excrescence, French assimilates, Italian does nothing (laziness...), so what doeseveryone else do?
Cheers,
Dan
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La plus belle fois qu'on m'a dit
"je t'aime"
c'était un mec
qui me l'a dit...
Francis Lalane
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