Re: Re[3]: [tied] Gemination in Celtic

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From: Rick McCallister
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: Re[3]: [tied] Gemination in Celtic


I probably confused Tutbury, I did this from memory
My point is that if Norman French dropped s- before
consonants in Gmc topos, we should see something
similar in N. France

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I suppose it might be more complicated.
Dutch-speaking areas in N. France kept s-C.
French-speaking areas have e-C

I suppose the drop of s- in some English topos
must be a mutual reaction of English and Anglo-normand
together.
There's no reason English speakers should adopt
Anglo-normand ways if they didn't want to.

Arnaud

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