... only modern greek has a /x/ [ç] in NIXTA, the romance languages have - zero-, /t/ or something else (notte, noche)...middle english /nixt/ > modern...
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amgiad
Apr 9, 2002 10:14 pm
i think it's more reasonable not to translate names... or do we really want to talk about De Vasker (or so) instead of Lavater? (i hate this guy... anyway)...
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amgiad
Apr 9, 2002 10:17 pm
btw, i think that greek upsilon was still pronounced /y/ in in anglo saxon times, well, actually that's one of the reasons why y = /y/ in old english! upsilon...
1520
amgiad
Apr 9, 2002 10:17 pm
... well, but in any case, you have to explain the /x/ (voiceless fricative). it can't be of French origin! ... it's derived from germanic, it's as simple as...
1521
amgiad
Apr 9, 2002 10:28 pm
... and UU ... and ... well, if youre talking about [O] here - å as in Danish - then i think its a good idea, altho i dont think that FS needs an /O/ phoneme ...
1522
peter_reep
Apr 9, 2002 10:33 pm
Hello. I've read some of the posts and am interested as I know some German and Dutch, but thought I would try to translate something into Folkspraak before...
1523
William G Beazley
beazley@...
Apr 9, 2002 11:03 pm
Howdy. I have a German and maybe a Dutch question. In Old English you have the Ge- which is/has turned into something called the Perfective prefix which I...
1524
Alex Katsaros
alexandrosworld
Apr 10, 2002 1:57 am
I believe that names of places should be translated. They should stay with their name from thier original language. On the other hand, peoples names should be...
1525
henrikdk01
Apr 10, 2002 3:07 am
... Yes, a strange one *S* my dictionary has this explanation : at lave ( to produce, to make, to provide , to fix ) - common nordic from old norse "laga" ,...
1526
wordwulf
Apr 10, 2002 1:27 pm
... used ... completion', ... prefix. ... Not past tense, past participle. i.e. completely finished, as opposed to merely happening in the past. Erik ... ...
1527
amgiad
Apr 10, 2002 3:45 pm
... well, first it became [w] and then it became [v], i guess! thanks for all the info! now i'm wondering whether skill/verschillend is related to ...
1528
frank verhoft
frank_verhoft
Apr 10, 2002 6:55 pm
Hi amgiad, hi all <<<now i'm wondering whether skill/verschillend is related to verschieden... the change between /d/ and /l/ in danish seems to point in that...
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Jan-Willem Benjamins
benjaminsjw
Apr 10, 2002 7:31 pm
... My Swedish "Våra Ord" says: "skilja" (to split): connected to the noun "skäl" (difference, division) "skede" (era): originally meaning "border", "goal"....
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amgiad
Apr 10, 2002 9:42 pm
... yeah i guess this helps... well.. i guess they're not related at all and *skel and *skei aren't related at all (or if they are it's speculation)...
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henrikdk01
Apr 11, 2002 1:19 am
... Guess you are right - after all it's pronounced like [w] or [u (oo)] when not at the front, but W is very rare in D. - it's not really a "D." letter -...
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amgiad
Apr 11, 2002 1:40 pm
... well, yes, v is pronounced [w] in many cases, Hjelmslev is pronounced ['jel?mslew] in Danish. many people symbolize this [ew] diphthong as [eu] rather than...
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henrikdk01
Apr 12, 2002 12:33 am
I see - very interesting. thanx a lot :-)...
1534
wordwulf
Apr 12, 2002 3:13 am
... pronounced ... now ... any ... It seems to me that it was actually the monks, writing in Latin, some of them native speakers of Germanic dialects and some...
1535
wordwulf
Apr 12, 2002 3:30 am
... pronounced ... now ... any ... Just looked on the web for some info and found a page that says that U and V differentiated in the 10th century, while UU...
1536
Daan
daangoedkoop
Apr 12, 2002 2:58 pm
... Auch Auch Auch! My system makes chinese of it, literally!...
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amgiad
Apr 12, 2002 3:18 pm
... of ... yes, definitely, it represented one sound... Latin didnt have <uu>, so the monks felt they could use <uu> for something unknown in latin (at the...
1538
amgiad
Apr 12, 2002 4:06 pm
... that U ... come ... well, actually, the oldest anglo saxon manuscripts use uu; the spelling was largely influenced by irish/latin, so no runic characters...
1539
amgiad
Apr 12, 2002 4:13 pm
... /owx/ /Aux/? is that like english "ughhh"?...
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William G Beazley
beazley@...
Apr 12, 2002 6:14 pm
ug in Enlgish me something like disgusting: as in ugsome or ugly. ... -- Will Beazley Systems Administrator Equator Technologies FON: 512.502.2003 |EML:...
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amgiad
Apr 12, 2002 11:35 pm
... Ik veet dat. I know that....
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amgiad
Apr 13, 2002 12:31 am
hej y'all, is -e plural in danish and german the same as -en plural in dutch (pronounced /@/ by most speakers) and in english (oxen)? - amgiad -...
1543
amgiad
Apr 14, 2002 6:57 pm
... G-Spell (G for Germanic, not Ganxta!) It's a system based on Swedish and other Germanic spelling systems. The Dutch system is probably even easier than the...
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amgiad
Apr 14, 2002 7:19 pm
I've decided to basically use the trad spell CC, but I have to modify them sometimes according to the preceding vowel. some of the english sounds are not found...
1545
henrikdk01
Apr 15, 2002 1:21 pm
... Good question ! - I have often wondered about that too ( good ??? ). Whereas "long" seems much more logical ( "langfredag" in D.) If you were hanging on...
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The Keenans
makeenan
Apr 15, 2002 10:41 pm
Hej alle? En vrou af en ander list havv fragens um folkspraak. de frage ar: ar der webpagens dat havv Folkspraak dialektens. Ik nej veet. Havv u en website dat...
