Re: Conlanging and Natlangs
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, July 24, 2000, 16:12 |
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"Thomas R. Wier" wrote:
> Did they mention how that would have arisen? I wouls suspect that ["hopefully"]
> would be an Americanism, but I can't be sure.
I think so too. Another interesting germanism: "foreword" is a 19th century
calque of German "Vorwort", despite being made of entirely native materials:
the "native" term is the Latinate "preface", which is recorded first in the
14th century.
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