Re: CHAT: barbarisms

Lars Henrik Mathiesen scripsit:

> For French words, it's 'last syllable pronounced in French'.
> Guillo"tine, ge"le. However, any French silent -e came to be
> pronounced in Danish (as schwa), which leads to lengthening of the
> preceding (stressed) syllable.
Or perhaps "was borrowed before French dropped final schwas"?  When
did that happen, anyway?  It must be recent, because they are still
pronounced in French singing, even in children's songs.

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John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
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