Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news.szaf.org!inka.de!mips.inka.de!.POSTED.localhost!not-for-mail From: Christian Weisgerber Newsgroups: sci.lang,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: French proverb : =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=9CA?= man who knows two languages is worth two =?UTF-8?Q?men=2E=E2=80=9D?= --- is this really a French proverb ? Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2024 17:09:57 -0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <808cad6ec82e9049c672983ca878f730@www.novabbs.com> <2671c3d458388626a7ef7730bd7cce3e@www.novabbs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2024 17:09:57 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: lorvorc.mips.inka.de; posting-host="localhost:::1"; logging-data="67022"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@mips.inka.de" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (FreeBSD) Bytes: 1439 Lines: 9 On 2024-06-09, jerryfriedman wrote: > What word? As far as I know, Italian "dove" is pronounced exactly > like "Dov'è". With my nonexistent Italian, I'd guess "dove" /'dove/ vs. "dov'è" /do'vɛ/. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de