Meghean word; _aeohas_ "non-existence" (was: Common Orcish

At 23:11 18.12.2003, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>En réponse à Benct Philip Jonsson :
>
>
>>At 14:22 17.12.2003, Andreas Johansson wrote:
>>
>>> > Meghean, la nouvelle langue mechante?
>>>
>>>Which means?
>>
>>It is supposed to mean "M. the new mean language",
>>and since Christophe hasn't made his voice heard I
>>guess I succeeded in not misspelling the French.
>
>Apart from the missing acute accent on the "é" of "méchante", it's indeed
>correct :)) .

In that case the phonetic agreement between [me"Zan] and [me"Sa~t]
is even better!

At 23:13 18.12.2003, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>En réponse à Ray Brown :
>
>
>>'twould be masculine - that's the 'default' gender for any foreign
>>borrowing
>>in French.
>
>Unless they are obviously feminine by meaning or by form (according to
>French standards)
>
>
>>The adjective agrees with _langue_ which, as _la nouvelle_ makes quite
>>clear, is feminine (< Latin: lingua).  The gender of Meghean is irrelevant.
>
>Indeed.
Just as I said myself, right?


/BP 8^)
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