Re: RV: Old English

On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, BP Jonsson wrote:

>At 17:15 28.3.2000 -0800, Sally Caves wrote:
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>>1.  sh: shy
>>2.  c: precious, crucial, ocean
>>3.  ti:  motion
>>4.  sci:  luscious
>>5.  sch:  schedule (Brit.)
>>6.  ss:  session, mission
>>7.  ch:  charade, cache (borrowed from French; are there any native
>>examples?)
>>8.  s:  sure, sugar
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>I must say that (2) and (6) surprise me somewhat; isn't it _ci_ and _ssi_
>which map to /S/, much as _ti_ in (3)?
>(or rather: _ci | ti | ssi_ -> S /_V)
>
Yes. That would be consistent with ti. Also, it probably should
be si as in scansion, rather than ssi (isn't it Latin -dt- to -ss-
or similar: sedeo, sedere, sedui, sessum) the first s being part
of the root. We can probably add xi, like in connexion (spelled
connection in the US). But that's really [k.S]: [k'nEk.Sn] We can
add ci as well, as in Concepcion, a perfectly good Hispanic name,
but Manglified as [kn'sEp.Sn], just like its English counterpart.

Also add sj, as in sjambok (a kind of whip) and sk, as in Skien, a
Norwegian city.

Padraic.

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>/BP
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>"Doubt grows with knowledge" -Goethe
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