Re: English is a crazy language
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, April 24, 2002, 11:49 |
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Jeff Jones scripsit:
> The usual explanation is that the French version -- not the Italian -- is
> original from haut (high) + bois (wood), since the oboe is a high-pitched
> woodwind.
Well eithre I have it backwards, and it's French > Italian > English,
or else the French etymology is a folk one.
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