you're half right

GirlChat #738553

Start A New Topic! Date Index Thread Index

you're half right

Posted by Tyrone Slothrop on 2021-July-24 15:49:19 EDT, Saturday

In reply to Euh, I don't know what to answer to that... posted by griffith on 2021-July-24 15:32:26 EDT, Saturday

In Ottoman times it was often known as Stambul, although Europeans continued to say Constantinople.

nb->mb is just a run of the mill assimilation. It's very hard to pronounce [nb] (alveolar nasal + bilabial stop) and very easy to pronounce [mb] (bilabial nasal + bilabial stop).

This post is archived, preventing any new replies.

Responses

re you're half right - griffith on 2021-July-24 16:20:06 EDT, Saturday - (15 / 0 / 4)
- No, the name of that site began with O. - griffith on 2021-July-24 17:01:49 EDT, Saturday - (14 / 0 / 3)
  - Openhands, I think. - griffith on 2021-July-25 18:33:43 EDT, Sunday - (14 / 0 / 2)
    - So it was not Other Chat? nmt - Hajduk on 2021-July-25 23:11:11 EDT, Sunday - (14 / 0 / 1)
      - No, it was not that one. nt - griffith on 2021-July-26 09:35:54 EDT, Monday - (15 / 0 / 0)