From: "Joe Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 08:40:15 -0500
Yes, the Norman French conquered the English and it was probably the English who - with the help of linguistic sound shifts - came up with the st sound, I heard that the English and the French both borrowed words from Latin, German, etc. When you find a word in English with "st" or "sc", and in French it's "est" or "esc", that usually means that it came from Latin or German, and the French modified the beginning sound. For example, in Latin it was "studens", which the French pronounced "estudiant" and the English pronounced "student". Another example is the English "scale", to climb, and the French "escallier", stairway, both from Latin "scala". I like your "homie" idea. --- Chip ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
