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Re: Hello!

Geoff Eddy yscrifef:

> Yes, I've read this book (got it from the library), and very good it is
> too. I have two books about the evolution of specific Romance languages
> - "A History of the Spanish Language" by R. Penny (Cambridge) and "A
> Linguistic History of Italian" by R. Maiden (Longman) - which are very
> thorough - if similar treatments of French, Catalan, Portuguese et al
> exist I'd love to know!

I can recommend _A History of the French Language_ by Peter Rickard
(2nd ed., 1983, Routledge, ISBN 0-415-10887-X pb).

> Is it all credible that somewhere there are people who speak
> Gaelic-influenced Romance? Apparently the answer is "no", but further
> investigation might reveal some...

Again I suggest SW Ireland.

-- 
John Cowan	http://www.ccil.org/~cowan		cowan@ccil.org
	You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
	You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
		Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (FW 16.5)