EDNote:
Since this query is truly shooting off at a tangent, I'll that ask responses be sent directly to Jansy. If they appear to create a VN-related pattern, Jansy may then submit them as a digest!
~SB


Subject:
Re: [NABOKV-L] [Fwd: ki Vs chi]
From:
"jansymello" <jansy@aetern.us>
Date:
Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:39:14 -0200
To:
"Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>

DN on thorns: "Ki"
 
Giulia Visintin showed us hgow from "Sao ko jelle terre" we encounter the modern "So che quelle terre", with a very elegant example that included both "ch" and "qu" sounds.
 
May I ask something that is totally unrelated to VN ( to speak the truth, I've never found anything totally unrelated to VN, but in this case some textual link lies hidden from me...but we can always think about Kinbote, Queens and Kings... )?
 
The Italian word for "Caesar" became pronounced with a "K" sound in German ( "Kaiser"). I've also found Brits pronouncing "Rhinencephalum" with the "ce" sounding like a "quo" ( a cephalum gaining a "kofalum" sound). I'm sure there are various other instances where the "C" sounds like "K". Does any of the experts have an explanation?
Jansy
 
 

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