Re: Romanian Verb Endings and Substratum influence (repost)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@...>
wrote:

>
> Really? 'Same' evolution at more then 2000 Km inside the Roman
> Empire? That happens only in Catalan and Romanian but you suppose
> taht is a Common Latin evolution (*accu < ecce) having the same

root

> cause but that happened only in Catalan and Romanian ?
> Same cause that have been completly ignored the others 1000km in
> the middle part of the Roman Empire?
>
> Let's be more serious Miguel with this Catalan-Romanian a-=a-
> correspondance...
>
> On the other hand: Rom. a-ia a-cea a-sta, a-ceeaSi Alb. a-jo a-të
> a-so a-si a-saj reflect the Catalan too? Or is a common feature of
> that areal? What your common-sense will tel you here?
>
> Also there is no attested Latin form *accu isn't it? Only a
> reconstructed form *accu based on the "common" Catalan, Romanian
> features? How are many other Catalan-Romanian phonetic
> correspondances can you present us?
>
> Let's ask you also: *accu is from ecce?
> If you have supposed this: I want to tell you that there is no e>
> a in Romanian, Miguel...

As a member of this list I strongly resent your tone. We try to get
closer to whatever may have been the historical truth and to learn.
Those purposes are not served if we take to using a tone and a way of
arguing that are clearly intended to intimidate rather than
enlighten.


Willem