<199410251827.TAA10948@brest.ifremer.fr> Some comments about the version in Vannetais. Several words are imported from french. > (4) Transcribable as _voayajour_ ??? (usual word is _beajour_.) in french 'voyageur' > (6) transcribable as _v/man+to_ ??? (usual word is _mantell_) in french 'manteau' -> man+to > 2. [ha(j)] (1) a zo kouezhet [da'kort] (2), an hini a vehe bet erru > ... > (2) transcribable as _dakord_??? (usual expression?) in french: 'tomber d'accord' > 4. An avel en deus [koma+'sEt] (1) da [gal'mat] (2). > ... > (1) transcribable as _koman+set_??? > (2) transcribable as _g/kalmat_??? koman+set : 'commence/' in french. started. kalmat: 'calmir' in french. Not usual but used in marine language to speak about wind (or maybe this usage is imported from breton??). 'Le vent calmi.' Derived from 'calme'='still. > Hag an avel en deus gwelet penaos (1) an heol a oa kren+voc'h > evitan+ (2). > (1) [p@'noSt]: where does the final [t] come from? > (2) [ytoN] = evitan+: correct? 'penaos' is the usual word. But '[p@'noSt]' seems normal for Vannetais. Just a question of prononciation. JPC.