Re: The oddness of Gaelic words in p-

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 59021
Date: 2008-06-03

At 3:50:06 PM on Tuesday, June 3, 2008, tgpedersen wrote:

>>>> I'd say that an original noun/adj. formed that verb.

>>> And knowing your habit of abbreviating nearly to the
>>> point of incomprehensibility, I interpreted this as
>>> stated above.

>> Are you seriously saying that because I abbreviated
>> "adjective" as "adj." you had a problem understanding my
>> meaning?

> It's a problem of your stile and exposition; I mostly
> don't get it either.

In this you have my sympathy: I'd *really* hate to try to
follow a similar style in a language other than English.

Brit. *kk, native or from Latin, becomes Welsh, Cornish, and
Breton /x/.

Brian