Latin's descendants
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- Great Grand Panjandrum
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Limoni or Lamoni?We have a town called St. Libory. No one knows how
to pronounce it, and hears LiBORy and LIBory or
LiborY. Weird.
Across the river in Iowastan there is a town called
Limoni, pronouced Li mon I, accent on last I.
Weather people when giving the temp etc, will
say Lemoni, and every other word. Sure can tell
when the station brings in an import to their staff.
Yeeeeeaaaarrrrrrrrrsssss ago we did some business with a diskette duplicating firm in Creston (I think), Iowa, during the heavy floods (The Great Flood of 1993?). My contact there said they were now known as "Iowa, the Island State."
Closer to home here in the People's Republic of Maryland, in the city of Baltimore (Balmer or Bawlamer, Merlin), the area known as Highlandtown is pronounced Hollantown. A friend said he knew a priest at his high school who spent his first year in town searching for Blair Road (Belair Road). Then there's the famous "Hon," pronounced sort of like the oo in book or look, but not quite. I can't quite get it right, myself, not being a native Baltimoron.
Regards//Larry
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Latin's Descendants
My old German Professor, Dr. Hebel, liked to compare words from different languges. When he said a French word he would then spit on the floor and mutter, "bastard Latin." He believed the mother of French wore army boots.
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I started this thread a cupla years ago now about romance language evolution, and as someone mentioned hallfway along, I deserted it. When Phillip posted today, I rerad the whole thread and learned a bunch. It occurred to me that the discussion of local dialects possibly models the development of Spanish and French from Latin. Re pronunications, don't get me started here in Louisiana. Apart from unpronouncible names like Ouachita (washitaw) the French heritage leaves you guessing at lots of names you haven't bumped into before. Hebert can be pronounced A-bear or Hee-bert. The lovely looking name of Ville Platte in the heart of Cajun country makes both the i and the a short and flat. There's Tchoupetoulas street in New Orleans, which city itself is pronounced multiple ways. Now with the influx of Spanish speaking people quien sabe what develops next?
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