Re: More changes in Montreiano :)

On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 03:02:08AM -0800, Barry Garcia wrote:
> qualis > cuau
> >
> aprilis > auriu
> altus >auto*
>
> *This presents a problem, because it could be mixed up with the prefix
> auto-, as well as auto - car. auto. Perhaps i can drop the o: aut
I don't see it as a problem. After all, the word for "high" will have been
in existence for centuries before cars are invented (unless technology There
is way ahead of us!), and auto- is a learned borrowing from Greek. I.e.,
auto- words unrelated to <altus> would be very uncommon in ordinary speech
until the Industrial Age at least. Also, <auto> is Portuguese for "act," and
you don't hear them complaining!

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Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo