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Article #2227Chaire -> chaise
From: Erland Sommarskog
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 16:11
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 16:11
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Jacques Guy (jbm@hal.trl.OZ.AU) writes:
>Z to r is also strange; once again,
As already been mentioned, this is exactly what happened in North-
Germanic.
>it's usually the other way around as far as I know, e.g. French
>chaire --> chaise,
Chaire -> chaise is a two-of-its-kind, the other being "be'sicles"
from "be'ryl". However, there was a general change in French in
the 16th century where intervocalic -r- became -z-, so there was
"mazi", "Pazi" etc. According to Erasme this was to blame high-
society Parisian ladies, but the pronounciation was noted outside
of Paris as well. Nevertheless the change was rejected, and the two
words above were the only to be affected.
Source: Henriette Walter: "Le francais dans tous les sens".
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Erland Sommarskog - ENEA Data, Stockholm - sommar@enea.se
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