Re: nu alltr e gw alltr?

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

On Sun, 15 Nov 1998, Raymond A. Brown wrote:

> At 6:07 pm +1300 15/11/98, Andrew Smith wrote:
> >I'm not sure where Ray got the rule that germinated consonants don't
>                                             ^
> geminated, I think :)
>
Obviously germination only happens to sick people.
 
> OOPS!! Amnesia must be setting in   :=(
> 
[snip]
> 
> Indeed, as it stands at the moment Brithenig is not being consistent.  Most
> assuredly if '/'kwatro' --> 'cathr' and '/brit'tanika/ --> 'Brithenig' then
> /ak'kasa/ must become 'a chas'.
>
Well, I'm glad that argument held up.
 
> Otherwise if 'a cas' is retained then Brithenig should follow its sister
> tongues and reinstate 'catr' and, of course, rename itself 'Britenig' ;)
>
I realised a long time ago that Comroig would be a better name for
Brithenig, and it was too late then to change it.  Actually now I would go
a step further and call the Brithenig-speakers *llo Chiw, the latin
equivalent of Combrogi in historical writings was Cives.  Some things have
to be tolerated.
> 
> But I recall that Italian has other prepositions which cause initial
> consonant gemination.  Are there, therefore, other Brithenig prepositions
> which should cause spirant mutation?
>
More research! Punishment for my sins! 
> 
> Italian surely does not use a plural of 'uno'.  It does have partitive
> articles in both singular and plural, but the plural is not obligatory as
> it is in modern French IIRC.
>
I looked up my old copy of Teach Yourself Italian and found Italian uses
di + the definite article; or alcuno/a/i/e; or qualche.  So it's only the
Iberian languages that use unos/unas.  I'll do some research on Breton and
then we might have to brainstorm this one out.
> 
> Not 'nunu' - it's the name of an animated vaccum cleaner on a popular
> children's TV series here  ;)
> 
That wouldn't be the slightly psychodelic teletubbies would it?  I have
seen them only once, and, what's worse, I was sober at the time!

- andrew.

Andrew Smith, Intheologus 			hobbit@earthlight.co.nz
Life is short, so am I!

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