Klarinet Archive - Posting 001180.txt from 2003/04

From: "Dee D. Flint" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Gran Partita or Gran Partitta
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:48:36 -0400

Actually it is not irrelevant. You make an underlying assumption that
people spell correctly at all times when in fact it is quite common for
people to spell as they speak regardless of the language. Also spelling,
along with speech, changes over time. So who is to say at this many
centuries removed, what was or was not correct, what was or was not
accepted.

Dee Flint,

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From: "Wendy" <bosma@-----.net>
Subject: RE: [kl] Gran Partita or Gran Partitta

> Irrelevant, the topic was spelling, not speech. :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dee D. Flint [mailto:deehays@-----.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 6:15 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Gran Partita or Gran Partitta
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> 'Fraid not. It is quite common for Italians to drop a final vowel in
> informal circumstances. A very common example is "andiamo" which is
> frequently shortened to "andiam" in day to day speech.
>
> Dee
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