Re: Re: Inappropriate Names

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_...>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:00:31 -0700

> His cousin has the same middle name, but as a first name. So, naturally,
it
> acquires a G on the front (or rather, Dave drops his G). Gwyn. Meaning
> "white", in both cases. But there's a song, "David of the White Rock",
which
> is really "Dafydd y Garreg Wen". No, I'm not sure why the vowel changed
from
> Y to E. And that "garreg" for rock is only thus because it follows a
vowel,
> it's really "Cerrig".

Gaelic has similar rules about adding (or subtrcating) word sounds depending on the surrounding sounds.

English accents add or subtract sounds as well - look at "-ing" where it's pronounced "-in" frex: "fightin". Or that cokney aspiration of initial vowels ("He is a henglishman").

RR
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