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Re: Pablo is back, Job, Argentina, Relay, Lord of the Rings

From:Irina Rempt <irina@...>
Date:Monday, January 14, 2002, 19:03
On Thursday 10 January 2002 10:40, you wrote:
> --- Sally Caves <scaves@...> wrote: > > my "belreg," which is the word for "combat," > > "battle," but which I now realize I > > stole from Tolkien's "balrog" long years ago. > > Isn't this a Dutch word as well?? I don't know the > language, but I swore I saw it on tv just a few days > ago...
We do have "beleg", meaning "siege"; there's no 'r' in it. We also have "balrog" but only in translated Tolkien :-) Irina -- irina@valdyas.org http://www.valdyas.org/irina --------------------------------------------------------------------- By my troth, we that have good wits have much to answer for. We shall be flouting; we cannot hold. - William Shakespeare, _As You Like It_