Thu 15 Dec, 2005 03:47 am - secret of multi-lingual people
My great-grandad spoke eight languages apart from his native french, but then he had a classic nineteenth century education where Latin Greek and Hebrew were... (view)
Thu 15 Dec, 2005 03:30 am - definitely - the G has been preserved in some languages and mutated to a Y in others. But still not really a connection to the B > W > G that I'm looking for. I understand the at Middle... (view)
Wed 14 Dec, 2005 05:04 pm - Just found another snippet - The French version of Mainz is Mayence, and the original name was Moguntiacum. I'd reckon that the G in the original name is reflected in the Y in the French name... (view)
Wed 14 Dec, 2005 04:38 pm - It seems there's no French connection..
That's interesting because I've come across a Norman French record of the town of Winchester in England, written as Ginchester. I'm... (view)
Wed 14 Dec, 2005 04:16 am - Worms
Many thanks. My main interest is the w > g shift. I chose worms as an example that I had seen somewhere, although I am aware of a few others. I was not sure of the spelling, although... (view)
Tue 13 Dec, 2005 06:06 pm - The name of the town Worms used to be pronounced something like Germaize or Garmaize. Perhaps this was a Latin form. Does anyone know about this g . w shift? And was 'y' involved in it as... (view)
Tue 13 Dec, 2005 05:21 pm - rahem nafshai (this follows proverbs 19:8) I can't replicate the correct ligatures (usually one would put a circumflex over the long vowels), but the first a is short (like hat) the e is long... (view)
