Article 23

Aaron Robertson

Triolet Linguistique

From the 12^th century,
the digraph ou
(that would become the mark for [u]
when the diphthong [ou]
monophthongized in [u]
in the 12^th century)
developed to transcribe the diphthong [ou]
derived from the vocalization of [l].

Aaron Robertson is a writer and musician living in Hikurangi, New Zealand. His poetry has previously appeared in Poetry NZ, Snorkel, Snakeskin and 52|250.
 
 
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