Re: [tied] Re: tall as a palm

tolgs001 wrote:

> Ach was! Just imagine sort of a "kuyit", then
> "kuut", then with the [u:] pronounced rather as
> an [o:] and thusly your "cot" easily pops up. :^)

:-))))

see "cuib" ( from Latin *cubium) for not being necessary further
explanation.(cuib= nest)

>
>> the fact that "u" is supposed to become
>> "i"
>
> BTW: u is indeed hardly interchangeable with e
> and i; but with o easily. If I'd pronounce "bocora-te!",
> "tortoreaoa", "am potot colege" you'll understand
> everything instantly. The same applies to such
> pronunciations as "$ubanu cu cupilu" (as the joke
> goes) or "cocorigo" instead of "cucurigu". :)
>
> George

I will understand you are not Romanian, since even the gipsy do not say
"tortoreaua":-)))
You do not agree /u/ >/i/ ? Well , it seems it does; Latin "includere"

> inchide ( to close) :-)))