Re: [tied] -osyo 4 (was: Nominative Loss. A strengthened theory?)

On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 14:49:05 -0700 (PDT),
enlil@... wrote:

>Miguel with more bizarre French tales that may or
>may not be true:
>> There's also French, where we have three vowel lengths in:
>>
>> mettre /mEtr/ "to put"
>> mètre /mE:tr/ "meter"
>> maître /mE::tr/ "master"
>
>Erh, I have to ask. Who says that besides you?

My French dictionary. Confirmed on sci.lang by Jacques Guy,
5 or 6 years ago, I'd guess.

No, longer ago than that: 1996.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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