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- From: mcovingt@aisun3.ai.uga.edu (Michael Covington)
- Subject: Ah, Pazis (was: Re: Chaire -> chaise)
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- 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
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- In article <1993Jan9.161144.22109@enea.se> sommar@enea.se (Erland Sommarskog) writes:
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- >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 ?
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