Re: phonology of borrowed words

On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Danny Wier wrote:

> I wonder what cases there have been of English borrowing a word and altering
> it, then the language English borrowed from re-borrowing the Anglicized
> word?
If you consider Old Norse and contemporary Norwegian the same language, I
can think of at least one example. The English word "bag" original came
from O.N. "baggi". The word written "bag" in Norwegian (with the
anglicized pronunciation ['bæg:]) is now used specifically for gym bags of
a roughly cylindrical shape, that have a handle. The following picture is
an example:

http://www.usptgear.com/Army/Images/Army-Red-Gym_Large.jpg

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Arnt Richard Johansen                          http://people.fix.no/arj/
You Can't Have Your Kate And Edith Too.

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