chard

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Jul 11, 2007, at 12:07 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> How does this analysis [for [Sard] -- AMZ] apply WRT such annoying
> cases of
> Frenchification as "British [raZ]" and "Bei[ZIN]"?

all part of the same process: english [C] and [J] replaced by the
frenchier [S] and [Z], respectively, in "foreign" words.  spanish [C]
is a frequent victim of frenchification to [S] (as in the name
Chavez, where two of the three consonants and the accent pattern are
frenchified away from the expected english counterparts to the
spanish originals).

arnold

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