Re: USAGE: English vowel transcription [Re: Droppin' D's Revisited]
| From: | dirk elzinga <dirk.elzinga@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, October 12, 2000, 22:05 |
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On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Irina Rempt wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Roger Mills wrote:
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> > The Dutch word _vaak_ (meaning 'hobby', inter alia) can sound very
> > naughty, to the careless American ear.
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> I've been speaking Dutch for about forty years and I've never
> encountered "vaak" meaning "hobby"! Usually, it means "often", and in
> archaic expressions it can mean "sleep".
Isn't there a word 'vaak' cognate with German 'Fach'? Perhaps this is
the one Roger is referring to ...
Dirk
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