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Re: isle > ile?

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Thursday, January 18, 2001, 2:41
CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>Must be! Well, it's getting frightening! Where is it gonna stop? :) Well, >as >long as it stays confined to conlanging... :) >
Heh heh. I think both of us just may have similar aesthetic tasted with regards to Romance Langs and orthographies. I will admit, though i am not fond of French, there is a softness I do admire, which is why i'm softening out Montreiano (combined with just the right amount of hardness).
> > >In Narbonósc: >stêre /stEr/: to be, spine /spin/: spine, stade /stad/: stadium (a late >borrowing from Latin, so it doesn't follow the usual sound changes), >stat /sta/: state.
nice :)
> > >Me too! I especially like the result in Narbonósc orthography: a vowel >with >circumflex followed by ou. Beautiful!
It is a rather pleasant look, I must admit. I've been considering using the circumflex to mark the loss of h.
> > > >> xtar /Star/, xpina /Spina/, xtáio, /Sta_jo/, xtáo /Sta_o/ >> > >He he :) . Woudl look quite nice :) .
Hum.......i do like the look, and i do like the sound. And there's also the coolness factor. I might keep it (fickle as i am, it may change, who knows? :)). ____________________________ Yours truly, Cesar Javier Jaime Garcia