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Re: [romanceconlang] North African Vulgar Latin



romanceconlang@yahoogroups.com writes:
>Yeah, I think this is definitely what C-o is going to do.  Yeah, I like
>the 
>"linda" ambiguity.  It could make for some nice poetic twists since linda 
>*could* be the word for beautiful in C-o, too.  Where does linda come
>from?  
>Beautiful seems to come from a lot of different sources in Romance.
>
>Adam

I wonder if it might have been a slang word originally? Kind of like testa
> tete in French (excuse the lack of any accents, breve or grave or
circumflex :)). I reaaaally should have copied down as many words I could
from that Spanish etymological dictionary I borrowed months ago. It was
quite valuable. I guess i'll have to extrapolate.