Re: chat: weird names,was Re: conlanging,the ultimate feminist subversion

[andrew <hobbit@MAIL.EARTHLIGHT.CO.NZ>]

On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Nik Taylor wrote:

> Actually, wasn't the /e/ of other Romance Langs originally /i/?  It's my
> understanding that, for instance, schola --> iscola --> escola -->
> escuela (in Spanish).  Aren't epinthetic vowels generally a high vowel,
>
Brithenig does not have the rule /I/ -> /E/, so this is likely to be true.
>

- andrew.
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Andrew Smith, Intheologus                       hobbit@earthlight.co.nz