[Spellyans] -ious
A. J. Trim
ajtrim at msn.com
Sun Oct 10 09:57:14 BST 2010
Yes, whatever spelling is chosen, it should be the same for all of them.
Should ungrassyùs be ùngrassyùs?
Regards,
Andrew J. Trim
From: nicholas williams
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 8:30 PM
To: Standard Cornish discussion list
Subject: Re: [Spellyans] -ious
There's also the comparative the belha ha the weusa 'further and more wanderingly' TH 17a. This is from gwyus in UC, our gwius.
On 2010 Hed 9, at 20:19, Michael Everson wrote:
I was talking to Nicholas about "gloryes" 'glorious' and he gave me the following similar examples:
gracius, gracyus, grassijs, grassyes, grassyeys, grassies
ongrassijs, ongrassyeys, ongrassyes, ongrassijs, ongrassyas, vngrasshes
precius, precyous, precyus, presivs, presius, presyus
contraryus
Nance has:
contraryus
delycyous
dyscrassyes
envȳes
grassyes
*melodyes
precyous
spȳtys (< ME spytus)
ungrassyes
vyctōryes
All of these (except spȳtys) have the same origin, ME -ious < Lat -iosus
Ought we not write, regularly, the following?
contraryùs
delycyùs
dyscrassyùs
enviùs
grassyùs
*melodyùs
precyùs
spîtùs (?)
ungrassyùs
vyctoryùs
It does not seem to make sense to have -yus and -yous and -yes since the etymology and pronunciation is the same.
Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/
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