Re: new Klingon spelling
| From: | Dirk Elzinga <dirk_elzinga@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, January 6, 2004, 16:19 |
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On Tuesday, January 6, 2004, at 08:58 AM, jcowan@REUTERSHEALTH.COM
wrote:
> Andreas Johansson scripsit:
>
>> To me, a _sax_ isn't a _kniv_ "knife" (not to mention a _sax_
>> "scissors"!),
>> but is there any specific English term for the former?
>
> No, there is nothing between "knife" and "sword" AFAIK; one may
> consider a
> _sax_ to be a long knife or a short sword.
What about a 'dirk'? Looking in the OED online, I find that they
discredit a Gaelic origin for the word. The Scots word was 'durk' or
'dork' (stop snickering), itself possibly borrowed from N. Germanic
'dolk' (German 'dolch') "dagger".
Dirk "the knife"
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