On Sat, 2005-06-18 at 02:36 -0400, James R. Johnson wrote:
Well, now it's "repondez" - the French
dropped the 's' in that word too, just like in "plait".
Actually it's "plaît", and there the "s" somehow ended up in top
of the
"i", just like in "hôtel" (which was hostel).