Re: USAGE: Circumfixes

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.