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Re: Idoru

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 6, 2002, 17:57
Christophe wrote:
>En réponse à Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>: > > > For the Japanophones on the list; am I correct in assuming that "idoru" > > (as > > in William Gibson's book-title) is a japanesification of "idol"? > > > >If you mean the English word "idol", then no.
Well, the word is found in many modern western languages - if it's a loan there's no reason it should necessarily be from English. Andreas _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

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