On Fri, 04 May 2007 13:17:53 -0400, Daniel al-Autistiqui <govende30@hotmail.invalid> said: On Thu, 03 May 2007 16:23:59 -0700, Bob Cunningham <exw6sxq@earthlink.net> wrote: On Thu, 03 May 2007 13:12:47 -0400, Daniel al-Autistiqui <govende30@hotmail.invalid> said: [...] What's the deal with <late> 'tardy' and <late> 'deceased'? I assume you mean can they be considered
On Thu, 03 May 2007 13:12:47 -0400, Daniel al-Autistiqui <govende30@hotmail.invalid> said: On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:16:12 -0700, Bob Cunningham <exw6sxq@earthlink.net> wrote: On 30 Apr 2007 17:37:25 GMT, "Default User" <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com> said: the Omrud wrote: D.C.Wood@ukc.ac.uk had it ... In article <MPG.209fece1cf1adf2c989765@news.ntlworld
Ejo (or somebody else of the same name) wrote thusly in message <1172145427.780814.91050@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>: One of my projects is to keep a list of English words of Dutch origin, I added my contributions to: Aardvark (or is that Afrikaans?) There you are - Afrikaans. -- Terms and conditions apply. Batteries not included. Subject to status. Contains moderate language.
Ejo wrote: One of my projects is to keep a list of English words of Dutch origin, I added my contributions to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Dutch_origin This is an exotic subject where the etymology directly counts in the discussion. Some words like "starboard" sound very much like Dutch where it is called "stuurboord" except that the origin is older
