Re: RV: Old English
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 30, 2000, 22:27 |
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Padraic Brown wrote:
> I've always heard (and oh so commonly used) [ske:n].
For "skein" = "hank of yarn", yes. We were talking about "Skien",
Norwegian place name.
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