Re: [问卦] 有没有字母 q 后面常加ui或ua的八卦

楼主: cornflower (矢车)   2015-01-28 22:24:20
※ 引述《perry429 (千千万万个信襄)》之铭言:
: 如题
: 很多 q 开头的英文单字,后面常加 ui 或 ua
: 例如:
: ubiquitin 泛素
: squalene 鲨烯
: 还有quit quarter等等
: 有没有这方面的八卦?
: 我绝对不会承认是因为生化念太烦才上来发废文的......
既然原po诚心诚意的发文了……
刚好最近在看Samuel Johnson的A Grammar of of the English Tongue,
里面讲Q的有一小段:
"Q, as in other language, is always followed by u, and has a sound which
our Saxon ancestors well expressed by cw, as quadrant, queen, equestrian,
quilt, inquiry, quire, quotidian. Qu is never followed by u.
Qu is sometimes sounded, in words derived from the French, like k, as
conquer, liquor, risque, chequer."
简单翻译,q后面一定跟着u,发音就像/kw/,qu后面接元音,
不只原po你提的i或a,o或e也可以(quote、queen),但是绝对不再跟着u。
qu也可以发成/k/,如果那个字是从法文来的话,例如conquer。

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