--- bnathyuw <bnathyuw@...> wrote:
> --- Markus Miekk-oja <torpet@...> wrote: >
> > I was thinking about these odd compounds today and
> > recalled the standard
> > English example: French horn, which neither is
> > French nor a horn. Hmmm... I
> > have to come up with a few of these quirks in
> > Darbyi.
>
> cor anglais
I think this is the example Markus was thinking of.
The french horn may not be French; but it is certainly
a horn. The cor anglais is a largeish oboe, on the
other hand.
> bn
Padraic.
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beuyont alch geont la ciay la cina
mangeiont alch geont y faues la lima;
pe' ne m' molestyont
que faciont
doazque y facyont in rima.
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