Re: Muta cum liquida in JRRT (was "Double stressed" words)

At 01:14 PM 8/29/03 -0400, you wrote:
>Isidora Zamora scripsit:
>
> > What, precisely, is muta cum liquida?  (I know it's Latin, and I know
> > Latin, but by education extends only so far.)
>
>A stop (mutus) followed by an /l/ or /r/ (liquida).  In Latin, this
>combination
>is treated as belonging to the following syllable, and thus not making the
>preceding syllable heavy, so it does not attract the stress.  For example,
>"tenebra" (darkness) has initial stress, because it is te-ne-bra, not
>te-neb-ra.
>(This rule was changed in Vulgar Latin, though.)
Great.  I've been mispronouncing some of my Latin as well.  I'm beginning
to wonder what they *didn't* forget to teach me in school.

Thanks for mentioning the difference here between Classical and
Vulgar.  That's helpful to know.


>[cool story about hobby horses snipped]
Glad you liked the story.  Our kids are such a stitch.

Isidora