Re: Con-prescriptivism

Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> wrote:
> FFlores wrote:
> >
> > _bramar, bramres_ (syncopes the middle -a-)
>
> You might want to consider an epinthetic -b- here, especially if your
> "r" is a tap.  This is similar to the evolution of the Spanish future
> forms tendre', pondre', etc. (tenere' --> tenre' --> tendre')
I thought so. Indeed there could be an epenthetic -b- in
some idiolects. But I'm perfectly capable of pronouncing
/mr/ (and yes, "r" is a flap), sometimes with a marked
syllable break /'bram.res/, so I figured the Dra'selhadh
should be too :) (For some reason this is not the case with
/nr/, but in most words Drasele'q changes /nr/ to /nd/.)


--Pablo Flores

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