Re: une idée que j'ai acquise

> Nothing wrong with my French teachers (RIP).
> With s'es I meant the letter s in plural (sss) signifying
> intervocalic -s- in general (like in acqui-s-e, appearing as -z-).
> This -z- in metric recitation (poetry and singing) is still very
> strong and might be considered a mora equal to the preceding vowel
> (if not, even, constituting a following syllable of its own).
> This of course has nothing to do with normal contemporary prose
> fluency.

Note Haitian Creole 'zétwal' "star" (< 'les étoiles' /lé-z-étwal/,
from which a new singular is extracted).
Lousiana French 'zadiko' (< 'les haricots' /lé-z-arikó/), whence
AmEng 'zydeco' (music).


Torsten