Re: Latin -idus as from dH- too

On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:12:06 +0100, "fournet.arnaud"
<fournet.arnaud@...> wrote:

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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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>On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:49:53 +0100, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
><miguelc@...> wrote:
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>>Or, for that matter, the French ("retard" = [Xta:X]).
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>But the first [X] is not syllabic of course.
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>Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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>Not syllabic !?
>How do you prove this statement ?

I'm not a native speaker of course, but in "en retard" I
hear two syllables.

>What is a syllable in French ?
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>What about
>poplar "peuplier" [pöpl(i)je]
>How many ? 2 ou 3 ?
>Or
>skier 1 or 2 or more ?

I don't ski, so 2 for me. I guess the more one ski's, the
likelier it is to have 1.

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