Re: Latin vowel inventory
| From: | Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, July 30, 2003, 16:45 |
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> > Indeed. When an American legislature adjourns without setting
> > a dating for reconvening, it adjourns "sine die" [saIni daI] -
> > a direct reflex of the Great Vowel Shift.
>
>Is there any particular reason for dropping the second final -e, but not
>the
>first one?
Progressive ignorance on their part(s)?
Latin "die" looks like English "die" and is a common word in texts;
excluding latinisms, "sine" is a trigonometric term in English and not as
common in texts.
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