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Sometimes words with Hs in them were spelled with CH in medieval Latin, e.g., MICHI for MIHI or NICHIL for NIHIL. My own WDI is that the orthography was to explicitly indicate a pronounced H rather than a silent one.
The {h} in Classical Latin was probably not pronounced (e.g., (h)arena 'sand'). Medieval Europe is another thing. I always assumed the spelling michi / nichil were pronounced with voiced palatal or velar fricatives, rather than stops.
So, armigers bear heraldic arms and heralds bear messages. And who arms the bears? Arma ursorum cano.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted imprimatur wwh 03/22/04 06:15 PM Re: imprimatur jheem 03/23/04 04:35 AM Re: imprimatur dxb 03/23/04 09:38 AM Re: imprimatur jheem 03/23/04 02:06 PM Re: imprimatur Faldage 03/23/04 02:15 PM Re: Hastivibrans jheem 03/23/04 02:52 PM Re: Hastivibrans Faldage 03/23/04 04:02 PM Re: imprimatur Bazr 07/10/14 01:44 AM Re: imprimatur Faldage 07/10/14 10:20 AM Re: imprimatur zmjezhd 07/10/14 03:08 PM
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