Re: Middle English question

On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Padraic Brown wrote:

> Oh, and there's /'pa: drIg/ in Brithenig and
>
Until it got changed to /p@ 'drig/, ultimate stress remember.  Hmmm, that
sounds like a computer game.

> If I remember aright, Brithenig's vocative would be /'ba: drIg/.
Ditto, but the initial mutation is correct.

In my mind I pronounce Padraic as /p& 'dreIk/.  On the other hand I
mentally pronounce Boudewijn as "/'bo: dU waIn/, no, that should be /'bOu
d@ VeIn/", which is much longer.

Sorry about that!

- andrew.
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