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Re: USAGE: Circumfixes

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Sunday, May 30, 2004, 13:45
Trebor Jung wrote:

>Christophe wrote: > >"I've never trusted the Bescherelle." > >What's 'the Bescherelle'? > >"I remember a comic theatre play from a while ago that I liked very much. >Its title was "le gros n'avion", with the "n" indicating such a "wrong" >liaison ;)" > >Why wouldn't it be [gRozaviO~]? Any reason why [n] was chosen instead of >[z]? > >
I'd guess it's because 'gros' is pronounced [gRo](or similar), and, to the less well educated, it is not directly obvious what the correct liason is. Although the choice of <n> is a little bizarre, to me.