Re: CHAT: Synesthesia and conlanging (was Re: The ConlangInstinct)

Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> "Grandsire, C.A." wrote:
> >
> >         Funny, you forgot the [l] in the pronunciation (it is not silent)
>
> It's not?  I thougth I read that it was!
>
        Not in the pronoun "il". It's silent in a few words, but it is
pronounced at the end of all monosyllabic words that have it. ("fil"
meaning 'wire' is /fil/).

> > It also tends to add meaningless syllables
> > at the end of short sentences, like "C,a va-t'y ?" [sava'ti] for "C,a va
> > ?": how are you? are you OK? ('C,'is c-cedilla).
>
> Yeah, I've red about that, the way that the [ti] added to forms like
> [vjE~ti] has been reanalyzed as a question suffix in some dialects.
>
        A very country-like feature. It is considered bad language. But it
happens. :)

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