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electrón, neutrón, protón, fotón, pión (I'll never write intentionally "pion"), leptón, muón (I'll never write intentionally "muon"), mesón, gluón (ditto) and any other that has slipped my mind
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The musicality of a language is not determined by rules, but by speakers, don't you think?
In any case, it's probable that many of those words have come to Spanish through French, not through English. ![]()
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'Musicality' (I like that) is the crux of the matter. When a new word is introduced into any language, it is adapted to that language's 'sound'.
In English, we have borrowed many words from other languages. And, without fail, we have altered those words to fit our way of speaking. Take the word 'cousin', for example. We pronounce it /ˈkʌz ![]() ![]() Add 'cursor' to the list of English and Spanish words that have radically different pronunciations. Musicality is the answer. Last edited by Rusty; December 13, 2011 at 01:21 PM. |
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I have no statitics, but after reading your last post, I think most of the Spanish words ending in -on are agudas (oxytone).
I am talking about nouns, because you have all those verbs comieron, fueron, dijeron..
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Also, the -on ending in Spanish (forma del aumentativo) always change the position of the stressed syllable (camisa, camisón, tela, telón, etc.)
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