teens was Re: SC - alcohol revisited

[Lee-Gwen]

And it came to pass on 8 Feb 01, , that Dana Huffman wrote:

> "Revanadas", by the way, was a trick question.  I finally
> tracked it down as "rebanadas", after trying "revanar" and
> "vanar".  "Slices" is exactly right, though.

What I do sometimes, when I think I know the meaning of the word, 
but can't find it in my dictionary, is to look up the possible meaning 
in the English-Spanish dictionary.  If I look up "slice", I find 
rebanada, tajada, lonja.

> A couple of hints for those who are playing:  a "z" may
> modernly be a "c", and "v" and "b" may be exchanged (they
> have nearly the same sound in Spanish).  And, of course,
> many double letters have become singles in modern Spanish.

Also, most of what I transcribed as "z" was actually written as a 
"c" with a cedilla (the little hook that dangles from the "c" in 
"garcon").  And sometimes "u" and "v" are exchanged ("vna" 
instead of "una"; "inuierno" instead of "invierno").  And "x" often 
appears where the modern spelling would use a "j" ("dexar" instead 
of "dejar").

Just like medieval English recipes, where the spelling often gets 
creative, your best bet is to sound out the word. 
 
> Dana/Ximena
> Who has an awful time with anything written in English
> before they invented spelling...

See above.  :-)


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