Vowels [was Re: "monty" < "python"]
Chris Angelico
rosuav at gmail.com
Thu Mar 21 09:38:12 EDT 2013
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 12:26 AM, <istjanichtzufassen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 21. März 2013 10:36:20 UTC+1 schrieb David H Wild:
>> In article <MNydnWm7B9i5NdfMnZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d at giganews.com>, Larry Hudson
>>
>> <orgnut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> > The word "apron" was originally "napron", and over the years the phrase
>>
>> > "a napron" mutated to "an apron". So that became the accepted word.
>>
>> Similarly, the snake was a nadder - congruent with the natterjack toad.
>>
>
> And conversely, the "nickname" once was "an ekename", meaning an additional name.
Until Eccles came along. Most people call him by his nickname, which is "Nick".
ChrisA
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