X-Cc: Multiple recipients of list WELSH-L To: Multiple recipients of list WELSH-L In-Reply-To: <199410191803.OAA11685@info.census.gov> One more point about "fillum" for "film." My grandmother, born and raised in Kansas, USA, was of Welsh descent (her mother's parents emigrated in 1854; her mother was born several years after their arrival in Kansas). She used to say "fillum" for "film." I would assume that she picked this up from either her Welsh grandparents or her mother, but it's possible that she was not alone among her generation in eastern Kansas, around Atchison, where there was a large enough Welsh community in the late-1800s to be mentioned in emigrant's guides. On Wed, 19 Oct 1994, Gareth Morgan wrote: > The other point, about 'fillum' for 'film'. This is analogous to Welsh > 'pobl/pobol', 'cefn/cefen', 'ofn/ofyn' (medieval), etc. Technically > epenthesis, or svarabakhti. Gareth > Morgan >