On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:
> At 11:44 2.2.2004, Tristan McLeay wrote:
>
> >It has been mentioned in jest that Swedish is really a dialect of Chinese
> >masquerading as a Germanic language... What is the basis for all of this?
> >I think one point was some dialects pronouncing /i/ as [z]..?
>
> That, and the lexical tones.
That all? I feel let-down :( :)
> NB that while in Chinese it is
> the syllable which carries the tone in SE/NO it is the lexical
> word.
I'm not sure I understand this. I thought SE/NO had pitch accents?
> BTW those very same dialects who have [z=] for long /i/
> have [z_O=] for long /y/ and [z_w=] for long /8/! :)
Is this kind of stupidity valid as an anadewism for any phonetic sound
change I can think of :) And Schwabacher capital H the orthographic
equivalent? (I can see how a H might become a zig-zag like that, but I
can't see how it'd catch on into a style of font.)
--
Tristan
Planning on planning MnFøtisk Grammar.