Re: Mispronouncing Conlang Names
| From: | Keith Gaughan <kmgaughan@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, April 13, 2005, 19:00 |
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Roger Mills wrote:
> Brithenig was ['brIT@nig] at first, then [brI'Tenig] with a strong tendency
> to devoice that final /g/; now the horse's mouth (apologies to Andrew) tells
> us it's [...'nig]...but why? wouldn't it have derived from [bri'tan.nicus]
> or some such???
Yes, but a lot of Celtic languages tend to voice final consonants like
that, so I guess he might just be following the trend.