On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Joe Farrell wrote:
> Yes, I've wondered about this. It may have been pronounced thus colloquially, > but a declaimer of epic poetry might be expected to enunciate more carefully. > If the assimilation did take place, however, then add -cqu- twice to the > cacophonous clash of consonants that make up the line. I still say that _assimilation_ (which is what the d+qu > cqu change is) is far from being a "cacophonous clash"--quite the contrary. Randi Eldevik Oklahoma State University ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
