LL-L "Phonology" 2004.09.12 (07) [E]

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From: Montgomery Michael <ullans at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Introduction" 2004.09.11 (01) [E]

Dear All

John Feather's point about "varsity" etc. representing
a "sound change" may be misleading, in suggesting that
the change was to "varsity," "sergeant," and "varmint"
from earlier forms.  Actually the reverse is true.
The vowel in "varsity" etc. is the older one.  The
"change" is from, not to that vowel.  Until the 18th
century, forms like "marcy" and "sarmon" were commonly
in variation with "mercy" and "sarmon."

Michael

> Subject: Etymology
>
> Gabriele
>
> I hope you haven't misunderstood about "varsity".
> The sporting connotation
> is US, not UK English. Chambers says first found in
> US English 1891. It also
> gives "sergeant" and "varmint" as examples of the
> sound change.
>
> John Feather johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk

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From: Ruth & Mark Dreyer <mrdreyer at lantic.net>
Subject: LL-L "Phonology" 2004.09.10 (06) [E]

Dear Ingmar,

Subject: Etymology

> I think it's likely that the Afrikaans forms with "aa" are derived from
> Standard (written) Dutch,
> whereas the ê-words come from spoken, sub-standard/dialectal
(South-Holland)
> Dutch.
> So there isn't really a mutation from paarl, haard  > pêrl, herd but the
ê/e
> simply became the
> official Afrikaans written form from the normal pronunciation, except in
> fixed sayings or expressions.

Thanks for that. It makes a good deal of sense to me.

 Yrs,
Mark

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