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OOPS (was: Cardinals & ordinals)

From:Ray Brown <ray.brown@...>
Date:Saturday, September 13, 2003, 15:40
<blushes deeply>

In my last mail on this topic I said French *segon is from Latin
'secundum'.  What I should have said is that SPANISH _segun_
"according to" is from Latin 'secundum'.

The French for "according to" is _selon_ which is derived from
Latin 'sub longum'.

Ray
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