| Otto Jespersen - 1909 - 512 lapas
...these cases. 10.63. Nares, in 1784, speaks of the sound as "open a" and says that "it is the sound proper to that vowel in Italian, and frequently given...French, as in the termination -age, and in many other instances," while the "broad a" in all, water, author, etc., is identified with "the legitimate sound... | |
| Otto Jespersen - 1922 - 514 lapas
...10.63. Nares, in 1784, speaks of the sound as "open a" and says that "it is the sound proper to that t vowel in Italian, and frequently given to it in French, as in the termination -age, and in many other instances," while the "broad a" in all, water, author, etc., is identified with "the legitimate sound... | |
| Joan C. Beal - 2002 - 258 lapas
...A': 'A frequently has a sound which by many writers has been called its open sound. It is the sound proper to that vowel in Italian, and frequently given...French, as in the termination -age, and in many other instances. In the old orthography of our language, it was often represented by au; as in daunce, graunt,... | |
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