film=fillum

[FRITZ JUENGLING]

My son told me yesterday that he and his buddies were engaging in a triathalon; my principal calls my colleague Kathaleen; and many kids in our school speak of athaletes; a lady at my church sells property--she's a realator.
Another cool word for this is svarabhakti.  When discussing Old High German, we often use the term "Sprossvokal," sprout(ing) vowel.

FWIW, Dutch also has 'fillum' and the like.
Fritz J

>>> douglas at NB.NET 05/28/05 10:07AM >>>
At 10:15 AM 5/28/2005, you wrote:
>

Another word for this vowel-epenthesis is _anaptyxis_, apparently. Isn't
that a cute word? Maybe not used every day by some of us laymen. [Sometimes
pronounced "anapatickasis"? (^_^)]

-- Doug Wilson