Re: Portuguese farpa "barb" < *bHardHa?

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 70056
Date: 2012-09-13

Sorry, my chemo is kicking in. Setiembre is the usual pronunciation but in women's speech you more often hear septiembre. Both spellings are accepted

From: stlatos <sean@...>
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Portuguese farpa "barb" < *bHardHa?

 


--- In mailto:cybalist%40yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:
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> An odd possibility is that it may a "barbarismo" like English "often" and Spanish "septiembre" where <t> used to be only etymological

I thought the -p- wasn't pronounced in older Spanish.