Re: USAGE: Éadig Éowine (was: Re: USAGE: N ame adaptation (fuit: GSF revisited)
| From: | Jeff Rollin <jeff.rollin@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, May 20, 2007, 10:01 |
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In the last episode, on Sun, 20 May 2007 11:52:19 +0200, Philip Newton
<philip.newton@...> wrote:
> On 5/20/07, Jeff Rollin <jeff.rollin@...> wrote:
> > On 19/05/07, And Rosta <and.rosta@...> wrote:
> > > Next question: What would the PDE reflexes of _Éadig Éowine_ be?
> > > (I.e. what is the English for _Benedict Philip_...?)
> >
> > Blessed Horselover.
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> Through what sound changes do you derive *that* from Éadig Éowine?
Whoops, I misunderstood. Of course, you don't get from EE to BH through
soundchanges alone.
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> (I wonder whether it's something like "Eady Evin"?)
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> BTW, what's PDE? Present-Day English?
Presumably.
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