Re: OT: Slightly OT: French as a second language

In a message dated 11/22/01 10:55:52 AM, draqonfayir@JUNO.COM writes:

>On Thu, 22 Nov 2001 02:43:20 EST Josh Roth <Fuscian@...> writes:
>> Is it just initial /h/? What about medial? Final "he" not being
>> pronounced
>> doesn't bother me, since that was never pronounced anyway (except
>> when it has
>> a dagesh), but just used to indicate the feminine /a/ ending. The
>
>> Josh Roth
>> http://members.aol.com/fuscian/eloshtan.html
>-
>
>Just a little info-correction: when there's a dageish in a hei, it's not
>called a dageish, it's called a mapiq (although i don't know why).
>
>
>-Stephen (Steg)
> "mew.  mew hast.  mew hast meep."
Maybe it's because it doesn't represent gemination, like with other letters.
But thank you :-)

Josh Roth
http://members.aol.com/fuscian/eloshtan.html