Rum. sce/sci > $te/$ti [Re: -ishte, -eshte]

--- In cybalist@..., alexmoeller@... wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George" <gs001ns@...>
> To: <cybalist@...>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 12:01 PM
> Subject: [tied] Rum. sce/sci > $te/$ti [Re: -ishte, -eshte]

> >[Moeller]hmmmm "s" becam "sh" before "t" just when "t"
> >fallowed by e and i.
>
> No! Only when s + ce & s + ci, *and* ce/ci already =
> [t$e/t$i],
> only then you can get > $t.
>
> [Moeller] wie bitte? What about sceptru, sceptic, discerne,
> disciplina, scindare,?Common George, please.

Alex, could you please let non-Romanians in on the conversation. I
cannot work out from what you are saying whether <sceptru> is
pronounced

/Skeptru/, /Steptru/, /StSeptru/, /stSeptru/ or indeed some other
way.

Richard.