Re: Introducing Paul Burgess and his radioactive imagination!
| From: | Stephen Mulraney <ataltanie@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 10, 2003, 2:34 |
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> Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> >I'm really interested to know what this person's language looks like.
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> Me too. Phonetically, at least, it looks interesting. "Mna" (assuming
> there's no silent letters) is a lovely combination. :-)
It is indeed. It's a recurring feature of my phonologies. It also occurs
in Irish, in the word "mna'", meaning "women" (suppletive plural of
"bean"). Most commonly seen on toilet (restroom) doors. Oddly, many
dialects pronounce it [mrA:] rather than [mnA:]. But both are lovely
sounds.
s.
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