LL-L "Etymology" 2004.08.30 (12) [E]

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From: Kevin Caldwell <kcaldwell31 at comcast.net>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2004.08.30 (07) [E]

> From: john feather <johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk>
> Subject: Etymology
>
> My "doed" is simply a representation of an incorrect or informal way of
> forming the preterite of "do" - what a child might say before learning
> "did"
> (on which see my earlier posting). So the vowel sound comes from "do", the
> "e" being part of the "-ed" suffix and as usual (but not te allen tijde)
> silent. I can't immediately bring to mind any pronunciation of "ou" which
> matches it: ought? would? noun? Of course there's Canadian "about", but
> Ed's
> going to disagree with me aboot that.

Through, coup, coupe, loupe, frou-frou, (a type of bird), ouzo (a Greek
liqueur), outré (eccentric), oubliette (a type of dungeon), oud (a stringed
instrument, of Arabic origin)...

Canadian "about" always sounds to me more like "aboat" than "aboot".

Kevin Caldwell

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