Re: USAGE: onomatopoeia and spelling alternates

Hello,

R A Brown <ray@...> schrieb:

> I think so, reinforced by the actual occurrence of the
> word 'triumph'. But there are no non-onomatopoeic English
> words AFAIK ending in --nf.
Which ones and how many? Note that German has reportedly only 4 such
words. This page[1] additionally lists "Sernf", which is apparently a
river in Switzerland.

Carsten

[1] http://faql.de/sonstiges.html#nf

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Palayena, Yangtim 4, 2316 ya 11:43:33 pd
Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 11:05:44 am

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