Re: Yiddish influences in Brithenig

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

On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Raymond A. Brown wrote:

> Umm - but Latin 'Vae mihi' is surely closer to 'ach y fi'/'ych y fi'.
> 
> And neither 'hey' nor 'heia' express disgust as the Welsh phrase does.
>
We a fui! (Better?)
 
> Raifun.
> Now happily [r@I'vun]    ;-)
> 
It took me a few seconds to figure out that the diphthong has become
unstressed to cause this pronunciation.  Care to speculate on what happens
to the pronunciation of unstressed diphthongs?  I could use it for the
ongoing task of revision.

- andrew.

Andrew Smith                                  <hobbit@earthlight.co.nz>

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