Re: The letter R
| From: | Danny Wier <dawier@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 26, 1999, 23:06 |
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>>Haitian Creole actually DOES change the r > w. In voudoun, great
spirit
>>lords are referred to as "gwan ange," ie. Great Angels ...
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>Sort of like Elmer Fludd :)
And you also got the case of Patrick Roy, the goalie for the Colorado
Avalanche ice hockey team: /wA:/, from French /RwA:/. (I know, that's
more like assimilation and epenthesis rather than a true /R/ > /w/
shift.)
Danny
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