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Origins: Chevy Chase pronunciation (1430 Version) DigiTrad: CHEVY CHASE CHEVY CHASE Related threads: Lyr Req/Add: Ballad of Chevy Chase (14) Chevy Chase under threat (UK) (10) (origins) Origins: Chevy Chase (Eubie Blake) (16) |
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Subject: Origins: Chevy Chase pronunciation (1430 Version) From: chico Date: 07 Jun 07 - 02:13 PM How do you pronounce "cheviot" -- with french style "sheviot" or CHeviot, like "chum"? And what would the pronunciation be historically in the 1430c version?
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Subject: RE: Origins: Chevy Chase pronunciation (1430 Versi From: 8_Pints Date: 07 Jun 07 - 02:23 PM CHeviot as in your second option. I guess the language a phonetic form of English before the spelling was standardised. Bob vG |
Subject: RE: Origins: Chevy Chase pronunciation (1430 Version) From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 07 Jun 07 - 05:40 PM The Great Vowel Shift was well underway at the time of the song. See http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/vowels.htm Vowel Shift At best, pronunciations are approximations. Even if a dead Englishman of the 15th c. can be found with preservation good enough to permit recreating him from stem cell material, he would have no memory of his language. |
Subject: RE: Origins: Chevy Chase pronunciation (1430 Version) From: GUEST,Lighter Date: 07 Jun 07 - 07:21 PM Almost certainly "ch" as in "church." Even "chivalrie" was probably pronounced that way. The "soft" "sh" sound comes from French, which few English or Gaelic speakers would have thought worth imitating. |
Subject: RE: Origins: Chevy Chase pronunciation (1430 Version) From: A Wandering Minstrel Date: 08 Jun 07 - 07:34 AM I divvent knaa aboot then, but we calls it Cheev-yut in wor hoose! |
Subject: RE: Origins: Chevy Chase pronunciation (1430 Version) From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 08 Jun 07 - 09:58 AM My unabridged dictionary says that it's ch as in chair, both for chevy and for Cheviot. It notes that an "sh" sound in either case is an American pronunciation. The first pronunciation it give for Cheviot calls for a short e. That would jibe with the "y" in Chyviot, above. This would make it a short vowel of some sort, as in "Ynglonde." If you ask why Americans are saying Cheviot often enough to make it into a dictionary, it's because Cheviot is a breed of sheep as well as a range of hills. I'm sure that Americans have been influenced by the word "Chevrolet." ===== Thanks for bringing up the wonderful world of Middle English. |
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