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--- Padraic Brown skrzypszy: > --- yscreus il Jowans Steenbergo: > > > 2. Languages derived from Vulgar Latin [...] giving birth to languages > > like Brithenig, Breathanach, Kerno, Judajca, Germanech, Jelbäzech, > > Wenedyk). > > I should note that Kerno does _not_ follow that > pattern. To the contrary, while there is certainly a > large Celtic substratum, it follows a much more > "aesthetic" Master Plan, rather than an application of > Old Cornish sound changes. That it sounds somewhat > like Cornish (and that its spelling looks like > Cornish) is, while freaky, unintentional. Noted. > > [...] I find it sometimes really hard to avoid the trap of using > > a word that had already been replaced by something else in the IInd > > century. > > Muller's "Chrestomathy of VL" has a nice (but not > long) glossary; and you might try to find Souter's > "Glossary of Later Latin". > > And of course, any good etymological English > dictionary will have loads of VL forms in it. Thanks! I'll have a look! > > Personally, I am rather > > fond of Oscan and Umbrian, and sometimes I think it > > would be exciting to play with them a bit. > > They are the inspiration for the sayings of Pomperios > Perfurios, which show up as sigs every now and then. Believe me or not, but I had that impression already. Really juicy stuff. Jan ===== "Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com