From: Jan van Steenbergen (ijzeren_jan@yahoo.co.uk)
Date: Wed Nov 06 2002 - 18:12:56 EST
--- Padraic Brown skrzypszy:
> --- yscreus il Jowans Steenbergo:
>
> > 2. Languages derived from Vulgar Latin [...] giving birth to languages
> > like Brithenig, Breathanach, Kerno, Judajca, Germanech, Jelbäzech,
> > Wenedyk).
>
> I should note that Kerno does _not_ follow that
> pattern. To the contrary, while there is certainly a
> large Celtic substratum, it follows a much more
> "aesthetic" Master Plan, rather than an application of
> Old Cornish sound changes. That it sounds somewhat
> like Cornish (and that its spelling looks like
> Cornish) is, while freaky, unintentional.
Noted.
> > [...] I find it sometimes really hard to avoid the trap of using
> > a word that had already been replaced by something else in the IInd
> > century.
>
> Muller's "Chrestomathy of VL" has a nice (but not
> long) glossary; and you might try to find Souter's
> "Glossary of Later Latin".
>
> And of course, any good etymological English
> dictionary will have loads of VL forms in it.
Thanks! I'll have a look!
> > Personally, I am rather
> > fond of Oscan and Umbrian, and sometimes I think it
> > would be exciting to play with them a bit.
>
> They are the inspiration for the sayings of Pomperios
> Perfurios, which show up as sigs every now and then.
Believe me or not, but I had that impression already. Really juicy stuff.
Jan
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