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Re: CONLANG Digest - 17 Nov 2003 to 18 Nov 2003 (#2003-325)

From:Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>
Date:Thursday, November 20, 2003, 1:14
--- Aquamarine Demon <aquamarine_demon@...>
wrote:

> nom > ast~ Fr. est > Gouilliame~ Guilliaume(sp?) > et > terra~ terre > sont > ma seiur~ ma soeur > ne... pass~ ne...pas (this is what makes me > think you borrowed more from > French than your surprise implies...;) )
But none of that's borrowed! [w] > gw is typical of Northern and Western Romance; ne...X is also typical of Northern Romance (compare with Brithenig which has only ne...rhen).
> feaire~ faire
Fair enough. That one was borrowed from Anglo Norman.
> dixtionneirs~ dictionnaires (not as close, but > close enough) > > Just my two cents. (As if anyone asked...)
I did! And thanks! ;) Padraic. ===== la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu. -- Ill Bethisad -- <http://www.geocities.com/elemtilas/ill_bethisad> Come visit The World! -- <http://www.geocities.com/hawessos/> .