[tied] Re: 'Intrusive' phonemes in languages

From: squilluncus
Message: 39969
Date: 2005-09-13

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, glen gordon <glengordon01@...>
wrote:
> Lars:
> > Could it be too much brain cudgelling about language
> > that has caused this modern declension of numerals
> > like the in my opinion horrid constructio ad
> > sensum - and this is sanctioned by l'Académie! -
> > where participles are declined after 'on' and the
> > verb in singular: "On s'est retrouvés, on s'est
> > rechauffés, puis on s'est séparés".
>
> Yes, and so you can see the great potential for
> confusion for many a French speaker. This entire
> 'plural conundrum' is completely unreflected in
> the pronunciation yet again.
>
> Ah, but then, with the advent of the internet, I
> notice that spelling deviancy is becoming more and
> more kommon :)
>
Self-correction: On s'est réchauffés - with twos aigu. Sorry.

Lars