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Re: updates from me and a question or 2

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Saturday, December 28, 2002, 15:51
Joseph Fatula scripsit:

> Every now and then this phenomenon has come home, as I find some old > language project from years and years ago, only to find that one word is the > same in a completely unrelated (and often, very different) language that I'm > working on now. It could be unconcious memory, but it could also be that > some things just have a sound that goes naturally with them in my mind.
JRRT reported this phenomenon as well, so you are most certainly not alone. -- "May the hair on your toes never fall out!" John Cowan --Thorin Oakenshield (to Bilbo) jcowan@reutershealth.com