Re: OT: an axe to grind

Elliott Lash skrev:
> yes, that's what i meant....just had to quickly send
> the email since i was at work. ;)
>
> Although, i'm not sure if it's an across the board
> change, that is, i dont know if i-umlaut happens in
> every circumstance.
Why not?

> --- Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> wrote:
>
>
>>Elliott Lash skrev:
>>
>>
>>>This is my problem as well. My email
>>>erelion12@yahoo.com, is a rather odd one,
>>
>>considering
>>
>>>it from the silindion perspective. The name
>>
>>"Erelion"
>>
>>>means "Evening Star", a compound of "el-"
>>
>>(compounding
>>
>>>form meaning "evening" and "ol-" the root of
>>
>>"olos"
>>
>>>meaning "star". The -ion is a masculine name
>>
>>ending.
>>
>>>The only problem of course is that this would
>>
>>result
>>
>>>in "Erolion", which is the current form of the
>>
>>name.
>>
>>>But, I can't go about changing my email name now
>>
>>to
>>
>>>fit this change in the language. I've decided that
>>
>>it
>>
>>>comes from a more northern version of Silindion,
>>
>>where
>>
>>>the _o_ of "ol-" has become _e_ by assimilation.
>>
>>Maybe the northern dialect has i-umlaut! :-)
>>
>>a > e
>>e > i
>>o > ø > e
>>u > y > i
>>
>>before an /i/ or /j/ in the next syllable...
>>
>>
>>/BP 8^)>
>>--
>>Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch at melroch dot se
>>
>>    "Maybe" is a strange word.  When mum or dad says
>>it
>>    it means "yes", but when my big brothers say it
>>it
>>    means "no"!
>>
>>                            (Philip Jonsson jr, age
>>7)
>>
>
>
>
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--
/BP 8^)>
--
Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch at melroch dot se

    "Maybe" is a strange word.  When mum or dad says it
    it means "yes", but when my big brothers say it it
    means "no"!

                            (Philip Jonsson jr, age 7)

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