Re: Powers that be were Re: Newbie says hi
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, November 3, 2002, 0:55 |
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Jeff Jones scripsit:
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> On Sat, 2 Nov 2002 17:58:47 -0500, John Cowan <jcowan@...>
> wrote:
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> >Tristan scripsit:
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> >> Quhile?
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> >The old Scots form of "while", probably pronounced /xwail/.
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> You mean either /hwail/ or [xw@il] don't you?
I think that the raising of [ai] had not yet happened in the 16th century
when these "quh-" spellings were common.
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