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Re: Droppin' D's Revisited

From:andrew <hobbit@...>
Date:Friday, October 27, 2000, 10:07
Am 10/26 00:47  Christophe Grandsire yscrifef:

> Even if I'm not sure, I think it's not very dangerous to say that it's the case. > That makes me think that I could have -icus -> -igue /ig/. Still, I wonder how > I'm gonna finally call "Roumant" (anyone knows how the South of France was > called during the Middle Age?), and I'm still looking for a nice equivalent of > the French suffix -ais, -ois (-ès looks too Spanish, -às could be a possibility, > -eis also but it would pronounced as French -ais...). >
I think that -ais was the result of a naughty night out between Latin -ensis (VL -e:si(s)) and Frankish -isc. Of course, both were consenting adults. - andrew. -- Andrew Smith, Intheologus hobbit@earthlight.co.nz Death is something you never live to regret.