Re: Zetowvu / Ezotwuv (new conlang)

Andreas Johansson wrote:
> Tristan wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 21:43, Andreas Johansson wrote:
>> > Jrg Rhiemeier (I think he's back onlist now) has made an ASCII-IPA
>> scheme
>> > called "CPA", which's the best, mnemonically speaking, I've seen. I
>> dunno if
>> > its available anyplace on the 'net right now, tho'.
>>
>> To say that 'which's' seems odd in that context would be an
>> understatement. I'm not sure what the rules are about contractions, but
>> that seems totally against them.
>
> It does?  What, specifically, makes it odd in the above context? In what
> contexts would you expect it?
I have a suspicion that it's 'which' itself. Replacing 'which' with
'CPA' renders it perfectly happy: 'CPA's the best, mnemonically
speaking...'. I can't think of a context where 'which' would take 's
(other than less formally to mean 'whose'). Or maybe I can, but it's
limited to speech and would be totally wrong in writing. Or perhaps even
it's the /ItS/ pulling the /@/ to something that sounds more like /I/ to
my ear. All three are possiblities, but it wouldn't surprise me if it
was the middle one that was correct.

Sorry I couldn't be more help. I'm a lot better at speaking English that
explaining all the complexities of contractions. :)

Tristan.