Re: alas, those monkeys are not blue
| From: | Elliott Lash <al260@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, November 26, 2001, 2:33 |
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Old French had 'las' /las/ also I think it had 'hé' /he/ and then they were just fused together.
Elliott
In a message dated Sun, 25 Nov 2001 6:23:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, Matthew
Kehrt <matrix14@...> writes:
> Hmmm...
> I know french has hélas, pronounced either /@las/ or /elas/(I
> thinkthat's the right 'l'). I assume that's where alas comes from, but
> I don't know its origin.
> -M
>
> nicole dobrowolski wrote:
> >
> > i've always been a big fan of the word "alas" and i was wondering
> > what its origins were... does anyone know where it comes from..?
> > pesiku (thanks)...
> [snip insane .sigand other stuff]
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