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Re: Suppletory forms

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Friday, February 19, 1999, 17:24
Raymond A. Brown wrote:

> In the spoken German of the south (and, I believe, Austria) this form, > which was originally a perfect, is now used as a preterite, the "official" > preterite being reserved there for the literary language.
I believe this has spread to all German-speaking areas now. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)