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Re: John Cowan and Scott Horne on Brithenig
- To: Padraic Brown <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: John Cowan and Scott Horne on Brithenig
- From: andrew <[email protected]>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 22:26:25 +1200 (NZST)
- cc: John Cowan <[email protected]>, "Raymond A. Brown" <[email protected]>, Andrew Smith <[email protected]>, Peter Skye <[email protected]>, John Schilke <[email protected]>, Frank George Valoczy <[email protected]>, Celticonlang List <[email protected]>, Sally Caves <[email protected]>, Douglas Mosier <[email protected]>, Martin Bertagnon <[email protected]>
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Padraic Brown wrote:
> I tried responding earlier, but the system acted strangely when I tried to
> send. If some of you get this more or less twice, please be
> understanding.
>
It got through, but I'll reply to this message.
> I am under the impression that agur is descended from "ad hora(m)", rather
> like Spanish's ahora. I'm not sure exactly _how_ the g gets there, but is
> probably rather a complex situation. Like the -n on Rhufeinn, La
> Mistarista strikes again!
>
hac hora(m) rather than ad hora(m) as I have posted. Compare with addyn
'at once'.
- andrew.
--
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Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos! is restored;
Light dies before thy uncreating word:
Thy hand, great Anarch! lets the curtain fall;
And Universal Darkness buries All.
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