Re: 'out-' affix in conlangs?
| From: | Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 14:12 |
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On 2008-08-12 Mark J. Reed wrote:
> > Now why don't English people hear
> > > French words with final stress?
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> We (well, if by "English" you mean "Anglophone") do. Why do you ask?
Because in English many French loanwords are pronounced
with initial stress. It doesn't surprise me WRT medieval
loans, but it happens even with recent loans like
"ménage", especially in British English, in fact.
/BP
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