[Spellyans] au

[Jon Mills]

The set of words attested with <au> seem to be mainly of French
etymology. The grapheme <au> would seem to be French in origin although
it was also borrowed into Middle English.Jon

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "nicholas williams"
  To: "Standard Cornish discussion list"
  Subject: Re: [Spellyans] au
  Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:43:16 +0100

  We write chauns, chauncya, dauns, dauncya, grauntya, chaunjya. 
  Chauns, grauntya are attested. Dauns isn't found in the texts, only
  <donsya>, <donssye>, <donsia>.
  Nicholas-----------
  On 23 Jul 2008, at 11:29, Michael Everson wrote:

    At 11:22 +0100 2008-07-23, Craig Weatherhill wrote:

      Cauns, dauns/daunsya spring immediately to mind.


    It would be dauns/dauncya.
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    Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com

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