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On Jan 31, 2007, at 10:59 PM, eamoniski wrote:
I don't have an etymon for cran, but am sure it's Celtic. Puleg comes from Latin pulic-.Milanese also has non ... minga (literally "crumb") Old French similarly had ne ... mie Tuscan has non ... punto (just like French ne ... point) French ne ... guère is interestingly from Frankish ("a lot, much") Some other interesting negators from Old French include: amende - almond gote - drop eschalope - peapod beloce - sloe areste - fishbone some others are: alie, cenelle, fie, nois, pommes, espi, festu I find Old French and Old Provençal to be terribly inspirational for my project. There's something about it... Cheers, Eamon
I think i missed something, but... are y'all discussing the use of Counter/Measure Words for negation? Very cool!
-Stephen (Steg)