Re: Maps of Ill Bethisad.

En réponse à John Cowan <cowan@...>:

> Christophe Grandsire scripsit:
>
> > So what do you think? Would the powers that be accept France as I
> described it
> > as part of Ill Bethisad?
>
> It sounds good to me.  However, there must be an Occitan-speaking area,
This may be a little difficult since Narbonósc really replaces Occitan (it is a
langue d'oc, just more successful in taking over the rest of the south of the
country :) ). However, Narbonósc isn't monolithic either, so it may have some
(older) dialects that are more Occitan-looking than it is.

> and
> it needs to remain the language of Courtly Love,
Which one, French or Narbonese? :) Anyway, that shouldn't be a problem :) .

 or already-established
> etymologies end up changing.
>
Which ones are you talking about? Maybe we can keep the etymology, and just
replace the word "Occitan" with the word "Narbonósc" :) . As I see it, earlier
forms of Narbonósc looked quite like Occitan.

> France as a language mosaic is very much in IB's spirit.
>
Indeed it is :) .

Christophe.

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