Re: NATLANG: French spelling questions
| From: | Rik Roots <rik@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, March 2, 2004, 23:23 |
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On Sunday 29 Feb 2004 2:07 am, you wrote:
> Benct Philip Jonsson scripsit:
> > Are there any French words other than _aiguë_ where
> > an _ë_ is used to indicate that a preceding _u_
> > is pronounced [y]?
>
> Well, now I know why English _ague_ is pronounced /'ejgju/!
> AFAIK that pronunciation of -gue is unique.
>
Hmm. In my idiolect "ague" rhymes with "argue" (that's /eIgju/ and /Agju/ I
think). Course, on the Romney Marshes the ague (malaria) was endemic well
into the 19th century.
Rik, knee deep.