Re: Droppin' Ds

pbrown@polaris.umuc.edu writes:

In order for me to have some of the rules *i* want, i think this shall be
a more fun/personal  language, instead of trying to make it become a
possible real romance lang.


>Huh? But "s" wasn't lost _except_ in the word front clusters esC-;
>which is why I formulated the rule in this way:
Yes, this was exactly what I was aiming for when I formulated that rule:
esses aren't lost except in front clusters of esC-..

Oh and it's nice my thread has lasted more than 3 or 4 messages. This has
been very fascinating. I've been saving the messages to this thread so I
can read them over.
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>>> But tesorero, carros, etc. Like "S remains unchanged except when
>>> found
>>> in initial clusters (i.e. esC-), where it originally became H, then
>>> dropped out."
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>>How about just, /s/ is lost in syllable-final position?
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>This would get rid of _all_ esses in syllable final position, right?
>I though Barry only wanted to get rid of esses in one position. Thus
>he'd have el etrecho / los etrechos (rather than el etrecho / lo
>etrecho). I see I should not have estrecho in my own example, as
>that's an ess he wants to be rid of. I should have used tesorero,
>which would become teorero with your rule, I believe.
Yes, I didnt want to lose ALL esses, because I like the plurals formed
with -s, -es. Losing the final esses would screw up my system, and I do
like the sound of s, i just thought it was cool to drop the s where I did.


UNLESS, the rule is all esses drop, except final. Not natural I think, but
well, being a fun language, I could do that. Any other ideas?