Re: michelle bachelet -- how does she pronounce her name?


"John Atkinson" <johnacko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote...
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> "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote...
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>> "Fecha" looks like it might ~ "fig."
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> <ficus> becomes <higo>, pronounced [iQo].

"Miguel Carrasquer" <mcv@xxxxxx> wrote...
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> "Fig" is <higo> < Lat. ficum.

As a gardener, I know the tree is Ficus. I suppose ficum was the fruit of
the ficus, no?

John


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