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Re: USAGE: -ic(al) Re: [CONLANG] Most developed conlang

From:<morphemeaddict@...>
Date:Monday, April 30, 2007, 12:33
In a message dated 4/29/2007 12:44:25 PM Central Daylight Time, 
rfmilly@MSN.COM writes:


> Curious sidenote: while most US cities with -polis (Annapolis, Minneapolis, > others?) have antepenultimate stress, Gallipolis Ohio (settled by French) is > pronounced locally [g&lIpo'lis] a la française I guess.
Indianapolis. French would stress the final syllable, wouldn't it? stevo </HTML>

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Roger Mills <rfmilly@...>