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Re: A problem solved: Arabisms in Spanish

From:Orjan Johansen <oerjan@...>
Date:Thursday, February 18, 1999, 14:30
On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Raymond A. Brown wrote:

> But that is not the question. It is: Could initial unstressed /inS/ hav=
e
> become /oS/ ?
A thought: Might this rather be a deliberate euphemism? After all, goin= g around speaking proper Moslem phrases must have been rather _unhealthy_ during certain periods of Spanish history... Greetings, =D8rjan.