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Article #2232Ah, Pazis (was: Re: Chaire -> chaise)
From: Michael Covington
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 02:01
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 02:01
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In article <1993Jan9.161144.22109@enea.se> sommar@enea.se (Erland Sommarskog) writes: >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. > What was the phonetic value of /r/ in French just before the change? Was this odd change something that happened along the way from an apical to a uvular r ? -- :- Michael A. Covington internet mcovingt@uga.cc.uga.edu : ***** :- Artificial Intelligence Programs phone 706 542-0358 : ********* :- The University of Georgia fax 706 542-0349 : * * * :- Athens, Georgia 30602-7415 U.S.A. amateur radio N4TMI : ** *** **
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Newsgroups: sci.lang Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!emory!athena!aisun3.ai.uga.edu!mcovingt From: mcovingt@aisun3.ai.uga.edu (Michael Covington) Subject: Ah, Pazis (was: Re: Chaire -> chaise) Message-ID: <C0M8AD.83w@athena.cs.uga.edu> Sender: usenet@athena.cs.uga.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: aisun3.ai.uga.edu Organization: AI Programs, University of Georgia, Athens References: <Jan.3.19.08.23.1993.201@pilot.njin.net> <1993Jan4.032130.12753@trl.oz.au> <1993Jan9.161144.22109@enea.se> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 02:01:23 GMT Lines: 21