Re: [MTLR] RE: The Vocalic Theory (PIE *al-)

--- "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Wordingham"
> <richard.wordingham@...>
> >
> > >>> I can see stricken, drunken, known, beaten,
> > >>> No example of -/a/- ?
> >
> > >>Not relevant, but, since you ask, _spat_.
> >
> >> Sorry,
> >> you mean spit spat spatten ??
>
> >Do the semantic matter? Are these adjectives
> ('drunken' isn't a past
> >participle any more) or past participles?
>
> >There is a past participle if that is what you
> looking for, which I
> >have met occasionally - 'shatten', e.g.
>
>http://thekcshow.blogspot.com/2006_10_01_archive.html
> .
>
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>
> There is no a very strong borderline between past
> participle and adjectives.
>
> What does "shatten" is supposed to mean ?
> "shatten her costume ?"
>
> Arnaud
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You occasionally hear shat and shatten but always in
humorous contexts. Shit is the standard past
participle.
Canterbury Tales has "shiten" --
And shame it is if a preest take keep,
a shiten shepherd and a clene sheep. (505-506)