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Re: Weirdly Derived Compounds & Bible

From:Padraic Brown <elemtilas@...>
Date:Saturday, September 21, 2002, 3:43
--- 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
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