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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Our survey says...? #113381 10/10/03 05:40 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 AHD4 says it's from Old French into ME. http://www.bartleby.com/61/4/T0310400.html I'm no expert on OFr pronunciation (although I have some CDs that may have some singing in that language) but I suspect that a silent t on the end is a modern affectation. But even if it was silent in OFr I see no reason to keep it so in MnE, given its cleansing period in ME. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Our survey says...? shanks 10/10/03 05:20 PM Re: Our survey says...? Faldage 10/10/03 05:40 PM Re: Our survey says...? Jackie 10/10/03 08:54 PM Re: Our survey says...? sjmaxq 10/11/03 08:03 AM Re: Can I? Faldage 10/11/03 12:36 PM Re: Can I? Buffalo Shrdlu 10/11/03 12:41 PM Re: Can I? Faldage 10/11/03 01:24 PM Re: Can I? Buffalo Shrdlu 10/11/03 01:36 PM Re: Can I? Jackie 10/11/03 01:41 PM Re: May you? tsuwm 10/11/03 01:56 PM Re: May you? AnnaStrophic 10/11/03 02:07 PM Re: May you? Buffalo Shrdlu 10/11/03 02:08 PM Re: May you? Faldage 10/11/03 03:59 PM Re: Can I? Wordwind 10/11/03 02:00 PM Re: Can I? doc_comfort 10/13/03 01:04 AM Which tray? consuelo 10/11/03 08:51 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,331 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 858 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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