End of ADS-L Digest - 6 Jan 1995 to 7 Jan 1995

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There are 7 messages totalling 804 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. Elegantese (?)

 2. Is this the Hoar house?

 3. Euphonizing (?) proper names

 4. (Fwd) Re: Euphonizing (?) proper

 5. (Fwd) Re: Euphonizing (?) proper names

 6. GURT 1995 (long posting)

 7. Put Downs



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Date:  Sun, 8 Jan 1995 12:54:31 GMT

From:  "Warren A. Brewer" <NCUT054[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]TWNMOE10.BITNET>

Subject: Elegantese (?)



Bol(l)inger had something on what he called "elegantese" (ADS, mid-70s?)



RE: Target [tar-ZHAY]: I would call this gallicism. Assuming no modern

French pronunciation model, I might even call it hypergallicism, or

"out-Frenching the French". I've noticed three phonological symptoms

manifested in a number of lexemes: (i) de-affrication, (ii) word-end

stressing, and (iii) end-grapheme silencing.



Speaking of W.C. Fields, cf. "It's a Gift" (1934): The pronunciations

of the name Bissonnette form a running joke throughout the movie:

The expected [bih.suh.NET] vs. the Mrs.'s insistence on [bih.suh.NAY].



Noticed more recently <te^te-a`-te^te> rendered [tay-ah-TAY], <coup de

gra^ce> as [koo.duh.GRAH], <recoup> [ruh.KOO].