Re: Supine (was: Tense formations)

Lovely! I presume Ladefoged is Magyar, so would be pronounced
"lod-e-fo:-ged" with stress on the first syllable. But the possibilities are
there, aren't they? "The rotten so-and-so went and ladefoged all over the
place", "I've just be ladefoged" and so on.
Mike Poxon
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Cowan" <cowan@...>
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Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 3:16 AM
Subject: Re: Supine (was: Tense formations)


> Raymond Brown scripsit:
>
> > So what is the supine?
>
> A wonderful explanation!
>
> But why was it called the supine?
>
> (This is like Ladefoged's phonetics books, which explain everything
> except how to pronounce "Ladefoged".)
>
> --
> John Cowan           http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
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