Re: CHAT French undies (was: Re: Linguistic Terminology)

Raymond A. Brown wrote:

> But "m'aidez" ain't French - that's "aidez-moi".  I thought *m'aidez was a
> folk etymology and that it's true origin was unknown.
Maybe so; I thought it was a Yank or Brit solecism.  "Hey, let's
use 'Mayday' and then it'll make sense in French as well!"

> "double entendre = double entente",
>
> "double entendre" is pronounced more or less the French way here and
> represents an older French expression now superceeded, as you say, in the
> modern language by "double entente".
The "double" is usually pronounced as English here: [dVb,l]

> Yep - but neither are borrowings from French.
True, O King.

> Indeed, the 'vicar' was and still legally is, the representative -
> vicarius/ vicaire - of the rector in those parishes where the rectorship is
> held by a layman.
Ah.  When does that happen, and why?  I never heard of this.  I know
the right of advowson rests with a layman sometimes, but not that
the rector may be lay.

--
John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)