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Meghean word; _aeohas_ "non-existence" (was: Common Orcish

From:Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Friday, December 19, 2003, 16:58
At 23:11 18.12.2003, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>En réponse à Benct Philip Jonsson : > > >>At 14:22 17.12.2003, Andreas Johansson wrote: >> >>> > Meghean, la nouvelle langue mechante? >>> >>>Which means? >> >>It is supposed to mean "M. the new mean language", >>and since Christophe hasn't made his voice heard I >>guess I succeeded in not misspelling the French. > >Apart from the missing acute accent on the "é" of "méchante", it's indeed >correct :)) .
In that case the phonetic agreement between [me"Zan] and [me"Sa~t] is even better! At 23:13 18.12.2003, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>En réponse à Ray Brown : > > >>'twould be masculine - that's the 'default' gender for any foreign >>borrowing >>in French. > >Unless they are obviously feminine by meaning or by form (according to >French standards) > > >>The adjective agrees with _langue_ which, as _la nouvelle_ makes quite >>clear, is feminine (< Latin: lingua). The gender of Meghean is irrelevant. > >Indeed.
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