LL-L "Orthography" 2004.11.13 (04) [E]

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From: Henry Pijffers <henry.pijffers at saxnot.com>
Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2004.11.12 (07) [E]

Ron schreev:
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> Ingmar:
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>>musen
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> Me:
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>>musen
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> Henry:
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>>muyse (~ musen)
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> Was that supposed to be 'mice', not 'to mash'?  :-)
>
Yes, that's mice in my dialect, pronounced /my:z@/
One mus /mus/, two muyse /my:z@/

Henry

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Orthography

Henry:

> > Was that supposed to be 'mice', not 'to mash'?  :-)
> >
> Yes, that's mice in my dialect, pronounced /my:z@/
> One mus /mus/, two muyse /my:z@/

So it's pretty much the same as in North Saxon dialects where you get
singular _muus_ [mu(:)s] and plural _muyse_ ['my:ze] or superlength _muys'_
[my:.z] where the final syllable has been dropped and it's length has been
added to the preceding (remaining) syllable, while otherwise mandatory final
devoicing (*[my:s]) does not apply.  I add an apostrophe in such cases to
show not only that the _-e_ has been dropped but also that superlength
applies.

In some cases this can make a difference, such as in _huus_ [hu(:)s]
'house', 'home', vs _(na) huus'_ 'home(ward)' [hu:.z] (< _na huse_
['hu:ze]), or _lees!_ [le(:)s] 'read! vs _(ik) lees'_ [le:.z] '(I) read' (<
_ik lese_ ['le:ze]).

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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