LL-L "Lexicon" 2004.12.06 (09) [E]

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From: Críostóir Ó Ciardha <paada_please at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Delectables" 2004.12.06 (01) [E]


Ron wrote:
"How about applying Germanic stress and making it *_choval_ ['tSOv=l] (< OFr
chauval)? Fun!"

That it is... I like linguistic counter-factuals! I wonder how our *_choval_
would have interacted with the similar sounding word "shovel"? Perhaps the
stress in _shovel_ would shift to the second syllable to differentiate
between the two, making it sounded very affected and French-like.

Go raibh maith agat,

Criostóir.

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Lexicon

I like your thinking, Críostóir!

Actually, I think that sort of activity isn't quite as silly as it may seem
at first thought.  "What-if"-type hypothetical construction makes you
acquaint yourself with the principles of loaning and nativization, thus in
native rules, in a more hands-on way.  Don't you think?

Go raibh maith agat!

Reinhard/Ron

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