Re: [tied] Re: Mercury and lead

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 6902
Date: 2001-04-01

So you haven't heard yet. L'Académie has recently abolished the distinction between H muet and H aspiré, and /lezariko/ is now fully legitimate.
 
Piotr
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: petegray
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Mercury and lead

> Wrong. To pronounce "les haricots" ("the green beans") properly,
you say
> /lez ariko/

I am surprised this has not been contested.   Words like haricot with an
"aspirated h" are treated as if they began with a consonant:  no elision, no
liaison:
   le haricot   (not l' aricot)    de haricot  (not d' haricot)
   le heros    (not l' heros)     etc
and plural
   les Halles pronounced  /le 'al)
   les haricots  pronounced /le ariko/

Peter