film=fillum

[Wilson Gray]

On May 31, 2005, at 11:14 AM, FRITZ JUENGLING wrote:

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> Poster:       FRITZ JUENGLING <juengling_fritz at SALKEIZ.K12.OR.US>
> Subject:      Re: film=fillum
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> 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.
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> FWIW, Dutch also has 'fillum' and the like.
> Fritz J

This is standard in Dutch, including the Flemish variety. Cf. the town
name, "Almelo," pronounced [al at mlo] by railroad conductors instead of
as [alm at lo], as indicated by the spelling, or melk "milk" pronounced
[mEl at k].

-Wilson Gray

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>>>> douglas at NB.NET 05/28/05 10:07AM >>>
> At 10:15 AM 5/28/2005, you wrote:
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> 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"? (^_^)]
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> -- Doug Wilson
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