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Re: Guarda (jara: Taxonomic list)

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Thursday, June 5, 2003, 17:13
Hi!

Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...> writes:
> --- Adam Walker skrzypszy:
...
> > Didn't Romanian do that? Preserve > > an archaic spelling of the name of the language when > > it should have been changed by a spelling reform?
Yes, as far as I know, all words with a-circum were to be written with i-circum due to their equal pronunciacion [1], but the rulers did not like Romi^na~ as a name, so the exception of Roma^na~ was kept (maybe others?). Now, they seem to re-introduce more a-circums but people unfortunately forgot where there were before the reform. :-)
> Well, at least Wenedyk does that. Besides, the name of the language violates > several of its phonological rules. Actually, it should have been Wniedzik > (yak!) or perhaps Wien'dzik. No, I definitely like Wenedyk better, so let's > attribute that strange inconsistency to foreign influence.
Hmm! I like Wniedzik a lot! :-) It Wenedyk also Wenedyk in Wenedyk or only the English word for Wniedzik? **Henrik

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