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--- Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@hidden.email> wrote:
> 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 ... gu�re 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 Proven�al 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!
Almost! Certainly some of the Romance negative
particles are measure words, but not all. Unless
words like "flea" and "wink" are count or measure
nouns!
Padraic
>
> -Stephen (Steg)
>
>
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