Pre-Basque Phonology

[Miguel Carrasquer Vidal]

"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).

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv at wxs.nl