| From: | Roger Mills <rfmilly@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 13, 2000, 3:28 |
In a message dated 3/12/2000 7:56:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, fortytwo@GDN.NET writes: << Isn't the phrase "woe is me" a vestige of that construction in older English? >> Along with "methinks" and "meseems". And German "Weh ist mir!" and Latin "vae +dative"