Comments on Filius Lunae: Romanian-speaking world

Very interesting, Martin! Thank you for that. Con...

2011-10-13T15:57:49.229-07:00

Very interesting, Martin! Thank you for that.

Considering ştire (and derivatives) comes from the Latin SCIRE, şcii may be a remnant pronunciation of an earlier ştii which still exists today in some regions.

Ex.
Ştiu comes directly from SCIO in Latin.

As for "privim televizorul", a similar phenomeon exists in Spanish. For

The same accent which Diacritica is signaling can ...

2011-10-13T00:11:41.733-07:00

The same accent which Diacritica is signaling can be found in the Banat region, also with slavic influences (from Serbian). They say "şcii" instead of "ştii", for example, or "miere" instead of "mere". And a funny one: they -- those from Moldavia -- say exactly "watch TV" ("privim televizorul"), not "looking at TV" as Romanian

[Îți voi răspunde în engleză, Dia] Very interesti...

2011-10-08T23:44:31.696-07:00

[Îți voi răspunde în engleză, Dia]

Very interesting and funny post you linked to. You could pretty much replace Romania and Moldova with any two countries where the same language is spoken. It happens often with the US and the UK, elevator vs lift; apartment vs flat, etc.

And indeed, it's evident the Moldovan broadcasters are influenced by the Romanian standard. Like you

Nu mai ştiu dacă am scris pe aici sau doar am avut...

2011-10-08T22:11:06.666-07:00

Nu mai ştiu dacă am scris pe aici sau doar am avut de gând să. Accentul din Republica Moldova (Moldova de peste Prut / Basarabia) e sensibil diferit de accentul din Moldova astălaltă. Influenţa rusească se simte în pronunţie (l e pronunţat ruseşte). (Colega mea Elena, basarabeancă, pronunţă un fel de "cib" pentru TIB - Târgul Internaţional Bucureşti. Mă rog, un fel de t moale.) Apoi,

Let's also remember (in decreasing order of po...

2011-10-08T17:51:47.722-07:00

Let's also remember (in decreasing order of population) the Aromanians of Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Turkey, and Romania itself; the Megleno-Romanian speakers in Greece, the FYROM, Turkey and Romania; the