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Subject: Re: Did French change its pronunciation or was it English?
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by: bruce bowser - Fri, 24 Feb 2023 15:35 UTC

On Tuesday, October 8, 1996 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Louis-D. Dubeau wrote:
> Tor Wee Tziat Harold <art6...@leonis.nus.sg> writes:
> > Take for example, ile and isle, hotel and hostel, hopital and
> > hospital.
> >
> > What i would really wish to clarify is which language changed the
> > spelling and pronunciation when French first reached England during the
> > Norman Conquest. Did the French put a little accent at the top to
> > indicate that the word ought to be pronounced with an S after the vowel or
> > did the English feel theyshould add an S to all French words with 'capped'
> > vowels? Or, is this a feature of Norman or Anglo-Norman pronunciation?
>
> French used to write those words with the 's'. It was probably also
> pronounced. In fact, you may still find ile written isle in
> topographical names. You also still find the 's' in hospitalier. If
> I am not mistaken, the change from the 's' orthography to an accented
> letter happened in Middle or Modern French.

Of Paris accented French? African French? Québécois French? Picard French? Walloon French?

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Re: Did French change its pronunciation or was it English?	bruce bowser