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Re: CHAT: Introduction

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Tuesday, July 30, 2002, 18:43
En réponse à John Cowan <jcowan@...>:

> > > Beghinnen can ick, volherden will' ick, volbringhen sal ick. > > I keep meaning to ask what lang this is! It's perfectly clear, but what > is it? >
Old Dutch. The modern orthography (and language, although there have been not many changes) would be: Beginnen can ik, volharden wil ik, volbrengen zal ik. I think I don't need to give a translation :))) Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.

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