Re: Ashamed of [T]? (fy: /T/ -> /t_d/?)

caeruleancentaur scripsit:

> He finally explained that it was pez espada, with the s's gone as
> well as the intervocalic d.
Wow.  Like [dZitdZEt] for "Did you eat yet?"

> Which reminds me: What is the history behind the non-pronunciation of
> the "w" in sword?
See http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0105b&L=conlang&F=&S=&P=15680

> And another thing!  Latin "sol," Spanish "sol," Portuguese "sol,"
> Italian "sole," Rumanian " soare.  Why are there 2 l's in the
> French "soleil"?  Is it, perhaps, from a diminutive such as
> *soliculus?
The Catalan word is "solell", which strongly suggests an etymon
SOLELLU(S), though I haven't found any direct confirmation of this.

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