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The Daltaí Boards » Archive: 2005- » 2005 (September-October) » Archive through September 06, 2005 » Phonosemantics « Previous Next »

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Max
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Username: Max

Post Number: 150
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Monday, September 05, 2005 - 07:06 pm:   Edit Post Print Post

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Maidir le /i/ agus /u/, a Mhax, chuir mé an cheist, ceart go leor, agus... I got blank looks all around. Qu'est-ce que les francophones t'ont répondu?



I asked 2 questions:

1/ De [i] et de [u], lequel est pointu, lequel est rond ? (which is pointed/sharp, which is round?)
2/ De [i] et de [u], lequel est propre, lequel est sale ? (which is clean, which is dirty?)

People massively answer the first saying:
[i] est pointu et [u] est rond

A lot of people are nonplussed by the second, but those who answer generally say that:
[i] est propre et [u] est sale

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Dennis
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Post Number: 207
Registered: 02-2005


Posted on Monday, September 05, 2005 - 09:03 pm:   Edit Post Print Post

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People massively answer the first saying:
[i] est pointu et [u] est rond



D'aontóinn leis sin agus leo siúd gan amhras. Tá na liopaí féin cruinn agus an dara guta á dhéanamh.

Maidir le "pointu", is cuimhin liom bean Fhrancach á rá liom que l'accent de Paris est très pointu. Ní á mholadh a bhí sí! ;-) Céard go díreach a bhí i gceist aici?

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Max
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Post Number: 151
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Monday, September 05, 2005 - 10:06 pm:   Edit Post Print Post

>>Céard go díreach a bhí i gceist aici?

I have no idea.
"L'accent pointu" is an expression refering to the typical parisian accent. (But I don't know it is "pointu".)

>>Ní á mholadh a bhí sí!

For sure!
It's considered very popular and/or vulgar. (And it has almost disappeared altogether: living in Paris, I've hardly ever heard it.)

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Lughaidh
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Post Number: 695
Registered: 01-2005
Posted on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 09:14 am:   Edit Post Print Post

Southern France people say that in the north of the Loire river, people have "l'accent pointu". I don't think anybody use that expression anywhere except in southern France.



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