Re: Mientres vs Mientras ??

En réponse à SuomenkieliMaa <suomenkieli@...>:

>
> Hi Christophe, long time no hear.
Not really :) . I'm still around, even though I'm not participating much :) .

> Could you have heard m(i)entre in N.E. Spain, where
> Catalan and a plethora of other dialects/languages are
> used?
Maybe, but I think it was Castillan poetry. Of course, since I sold my Spanish
teaching books, I cannot check.

  I somehow doubt that m(i)entre was from
> Spanish, but rather another Romantic tongue...
Or maybe it was just poetic licence.

> Anyhow, if anyone looks through the "Rimas" by the
> famous Spaniard poet Gustavo Becquer, I think you may
> find mientres instead of mientras....
>
Maybe it was that, but I don't remember seeing a 's'.

Christophe.

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