OK, why-o-why do the vowels disappear from apparent when they’re inserted in the word parent?
McBudd?
(by Marc
for group greggshorthand)
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OK, why-o-why do the vowels disappear from apparent when they’re inserted in the word parent?
McBudd?
(by Marc
for group greggshorthand)
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Based on the anni dictionary apparent falls under the brief form for appear.
Yes, as a derivative of appear, it makes sense.
That's the reason.
The ending -rent was regularized in Anniversary as "r-e-nt", for the most part (it was worse in the 1916 dictionary). The general rule used in Anniversary was to insert the circle vowel before the -nt, as it is an easy joining to make and improves legibility (there are some exceptions, like words ending in -vent). However, since "apparent" comes from "appear", and since "appear" is an abbreviated word (in this case a brief form), only the -nt is used, and further, since the brief form of "appear" ends with the last consonant of the word (r), the ending can be joined to the brief form. Hence "apparent" is a-p-r-nt: no e and joined -nt. The word "parent" doesn't come from "par", hence you need to write the e.
Now you could explain why "consistent" is written with a disjoined -nt and no circle vowel. Hopefully this "apparent" discrepancy will become clear, :-).
re: consistent… because there's no final 't' written?
Yes. It's a convoluted convention, but once you understand it it's actually straightforward to follow.
Thanks, everyone. I certainly don't think of apparent as coming from appear but I also didn't write the rules.
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Another of those odd things you just sort of pick up from repeated exposure.
Okay, that makes it sound like a kind of flu, but you get what I mean, I hope. : )
"Appear" and "apparent" are both derived from the Latin verb parere, which means, "to be visible." The two words are definitely related.
"Parent" is derived from partiri, which means "to bring forth." It is unrelated to "apparent."
Of course, shorthand outlines are generally based on sound, not etymology; but in the case of the Anniversary outline for "apparent" etymological connection has taken priority over sound.