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

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 6, 1999, 21:51
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)