Pre-Basque Phonology

[Roslyn M. Frank]

At 06:58 PM 9/30/99 +0000, you wrote:
>"Roslyn M. Frank" <roz-frank at uiowa.edu> wrote:

>>So far I haven't found a single native Spanish speaker (or Basque one) who
>>"recognized" Maite as an abbreviation of Maria Teresa. But I've only asked a
>>dozen speakers so far.

>In Catalonia it's certainly common.  I know several Maite's
>(Maria Teresa's) and a Maipe (Mari Pepa, i.e. Maria Josefa).

Interesting. I need to widen my sample!!
Roz

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>Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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