Re: Éadig Éowine
| From: | Benct Philip Jonsson <conlang@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, May 20, 2007, 12:12 |
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T. A. McLeay skrev:
> Philip Newton wrote:
>> On 5/20/07, T. A. McLeay <conlang@...> wrote:
>>> Hence, I would hazard something Yowin or Ewin.
>> The latter being pronounced /'juIn/, or thereabouts?
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> Possible for both (the first having the ow=ou of "you").
> The first could also be /jou.In/ (having the ow=ou of
> "your" and "four").
I like to think open syllable lengthening applied, so I'd
make it Ewine ['juaIn], which would guarantee distinctness
from Ewan, but Yowin [jouIn] is also distinct and possibly
more likely, or perhaps even Youn [joun]. Don't like either
spelling at all though, even though Jórvík > York. Thinks:
was it Éorwíc in OE? After all it doesn't actually have
anything to do with éoh!
/ÉÉ
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