[Namron] Work day question and totally off the wall question

[mikea]

On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 09:28:56PM -0800, Lisebethe Wilkerson wrote:
>  Normal Question : Kids ok at the work day? I can come
> and help, if I can bring the wee one with me. No kid
> care that morning I'm afraid. If someone could let me
> know?
> Off the wall question :
> Anyone around these here parts know how to pronounce
> old Provencal or Occitan?  I have found some
> poem/songs written by ladies of my location ( heretics
> RULE!) and era, ( medieval torch singers ! >:)and
> while I am no bard, I would like to learn how to at
> least pronounce them correctly.  I know modern French,
> Italian and (some) Latin, but have NO idea how to
> pronounce what I found. Can anyone refer me to a
> source, either a person or book?

As it happens, I have a copy of _Bele Bouche et Bele Parleure_,
a text on pronouncing the languages of what we now call medieval
and Renaissance France.

Somewhere in the living room, I think.

Along with the cassette, which is in the same general volume.

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Mike Andrews	/	Michael Fenwick 	Namron, Ansteorra
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old music Laurel since 1986