[INDOLOGY] Sandhi examples in the english language

[Mark McLaughlin]

Harry ~ I love reading all these responses. When explaining sandhi to my
undergrads in my intro to Hinduism course, I tell them that Sanskrit
privileges the spoken over the written. When they ask me what that means, I
say to them, "I'm gonna tell ya," and then I write "I'm gonna tell ya" on
the board.

All best,
Mark

On Fri, Aug 5, 2022 at 1:59 AM Lucy May Constantini via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Welsh definitely has sandhi, and it reflects in the spelling. My Welsh is
> rudimentary, but an example would be "Cymru am byth" (the Welsh motto
> "Wales forever") and "Croeso i Gymru" (on the road signs as one leaves
> England and enters Wales, meaning "Welcome to Wales"). The spelling
> Cymru/Gymru (Wales) is dependent on the sandhi.
>
> All best wishes,
>
> Lucy May Constantini
> PhD Candidate in Religious Studies
> School of Social Sciences and Global Studies
> Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
> The Open University
>
> AHRC Open-Oxford-Cambridge DTP Funded
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> OU People: Lucy May Constantini <https://www.open.ac.uk/people/lmc662>
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>
> On Fri, 5 Aug 2022 at 01:54, Elliot Stern via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> Dear Harry,
>>
>> Welsh and other Celtic languages may have sandhi or similar phenomena.
>> Howard’s example suggest you may want to consider Latin.
>>
>> I can also think of certain English colloquialisms like Whazzup for
>> What’s up.
>>
>> Elliot
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On Aug 4, 2022, at 4:02 PM, Howard Resnick <hr at ivs.edu> wrote:
>> >
>> > English sandhi, n -> m before a labial consonant:
>> >
>> > Examples: in-justice but im-possible; in-scrutable, but im-mature.
>> >
>> > etc.
>> >
>> > Good luck,
>> > Howard
>> >
>> >> On Aug 4, 2022, at 12:51 PM, Harry Spier via INDOLOGY <
>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Dear list members,
>> >> I need to give a brief introductory talk to english speakers, not
>> linguistic or sanskrit students, but english speakers who chant sanskrit
>> mantras and shlokas.
>> >> I thought I'd briefly talk about and give examples of:
>> >> 1) How sanskrit is very independent of word order.
>> >> 2) How sanskrit uses case endings
>> >> 3) How sandhi is widespread in sanskrit andi is also part of the
>> spelling in sanskrit .
>> >>
>> >> I'd like to give examples of sandhi in english to to make the concept
>> of sandhi more clear.  The examples I know of are:
>> >> 1) final "s"
>> >> "books" pronounced as "books" but "bags" pronounced as "bagz".
>> >> 2) final "d"
>> >> "glazed" pronounced as "glaizd" but "placed" pronounced as "plaist"
>> >>
>> >> It would be helpful if someone could give me other examples of sandhi
>> in english. Not final "s" or final "d"
>> >>
>> >> Also is it true that most (all?) languages have sandhi ?
>> >>
>> >> Is sandhi expressed in the spelling (and not just the pronounciation)
>> of any non-Indian languages?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Harry Spier
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Harry Spier
>> >>
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-- 
Mark McLaughlin, PhD
*Senior Lecturer of South Asian Religions*


*Department of Religious StudiesWilliam & MaryWilliamsburg, VA*
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