Re: A certain town in Kemr...

[Andrew Smith <hobbit@mail.earthlight.co.nz>]

On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, John Cowan wrote:

> I want to argue that although it was "cawern" in OB, that it was
> remodeled under English influence in NB, accounting for the irregular
> form.  This is analogous to the way "altus" became "hault" in Old French
> (NF "haut", where "h" is silent but blocks liaison), picking up
> the initial "h" from Germanic.
> 
I can accept this.  All conlangers make transconsistancy to be a virtue.  
The amount of times I have worked back from an error in Brithenig to make 
it fit in to what we know about the language et al - classic being Kemr
is a kingdom but technically still called a Principality.

So welcome to
> Pluifairllagunblancoryllentiostillrhebiddgurypluitysiliocafurnrys
> 

- andrew. 

Andrew Smith                                  <hobbit@earthlight.co.nz>
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