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? :)).
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Yours truly,
Cesar Javier Jaime Garcia