Re: Classic, Normal, and Vulgar Lingo
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 20, 2000, 22:53 |
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Nik Taylor wrote:
> I wonder if there were any examples of hypercorrection among the Romans,
> like, say, "hamare" for "amare"?
You mean in spelling? /h/ as a phoneme had already disappeared by
the time Classical Latin was standardized, IIRC. So, it's not a matter
of pronunciation. Indeed, <h> as a spelling tended to drop away over
time, as in <harena> to <arena>.
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