Re: Spelling
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, July 8, 2002, 6:27 |
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En réponse à Stephen Mulraney <ataltanie@...>:
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> This had me laughing out loud :)
> I especially like "hbiirh" for [Dix_j] !
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Well, this is the perfectly regular construct form of |biirh| [bIx_j]: dog,
made by adding a |h| in front of the first letter of the word. But of course,
since Maggel speakers are unlike anybody else, they pronounce the digraph |hb|
as [D] :)) . I'd guess some time ago they pronounced it [v] but it retracted
somewhat (the opposite change from the common Cockney [T]->[f] sound change).
Whether it's plausible is besides the point ;)))) .
Christophe.
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