From sentto-44114-19177-1048876692-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Fri Mar 28 10:39:00 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 28 Mar 2003 10:39:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from n3.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.86]) by digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.12) id 18yykV-0008E5-00 for lojban-in@lojban.org; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 10:38:43 -0800 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-19177-1048876692-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.94] by n3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Mar 2003 18:38:12 -0000 X-Sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_5); 28 Mar 2003 18:38:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 1065 invoked from network); 28 Mar 2003 18:38:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 28 Mar 2003 18:38:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO skunk.reutershealth.com) (65.200.144.21) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Mar 2003 18:38:11 -0000 Received: from skunk.reutershealth.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by skunk.reutershealth.com (Postfix) with SMTP id C896046E35 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 13:38:37 -0500 (EST) Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 28 Mar 2003 13:38:37 -0500 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Message-ID: <20030328183837.GF8744@skunk.reutershealth.com> References: <03032819313901.05904@linux> In-Reply-To: <03032819313901.05904@linux> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i From: John Cowan X-Yahoo-Profile: john_w_cowan MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@yahoogroups.com; contact lojban-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 13:38:37 -0500 Subject: [lojban] Re: Alice proofreading Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 4675 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list Bj?rn Gohla scripsit: > > Classical Latin would have "kErasus" if it is a short a and "kerAsus" if it > > is a long a. Seeing as the short A results in Spanish "*cierzo" and the > > my dictionary says it is a short 'a' by nature, and there is no positional > length either, right?. > > > long a in "cerezo", meaning "cherry tree", In that case, I suppose that "cerezo" is either a fairly direct borrowing from Latin, or an inherited form that has been reshaped under Latin influence. Spanish is full of both of these: for an obvious example, inherited "hablar" vs. Latinate "fabular". -- My corporate data's a mess! John Cowan It's all semi-structured, no less. http://www.ccil.org/~cowan But I'll be carefree jcowan@reutershealth.com Using XSLT http://www.reutershealth.com In an XML DBMS. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Make Money Online Auctions! Make $500.00 or We Will Give You Thirty Dollars for Trying! http://us.click.yahoo.com/yMx78A/fNtFAA/46VHAA/GSaulB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/