Re: RV: Old English
| From: | Sally Caves <scaves@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, March 29, 2000, 1:15 |
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yl-ruil wrote:
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> BP Jonsson wrote:
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> > Linguistic trivia: /S/ can be spelled in 18 different ways in Swedish,
> > though far from all are equally common!
>
> Ha! We can beat that, English has 24!
1. sh: shy
2. c: precious, crucial, ocean
3. ti: motion
4. sci: luscious
5. sch: schedule (Brit.)
6. ss: session, mission
7. ch: charade, cache (borrowed from French; are there any native
examples?)
8. s: sure, sugar
That's all I can think of. Where are you coming up with 24? From
borrowed
spellings?
Sally
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