Re: describing names
| From: | Tim May <butsuri@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, August 5, 2002, 1:18 |
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Padraic Brown writes:
> --- Joe <joe@...> wrote:
>
> > And German
> > 1.Sie heißt Mary
> > 2 Ihre Name ist scho:n
> >
> > There is an archaic english version.
> > 1. She highteth Mary
> > 2, Her name is Mary
>
> Actually, just "She hight Mary". I've found one use of
> this verb in modern literature thus far. I was _quite_
I've come across it twice, but both times used as a deliberate
archaism in fantasy novels. Where did you see it?
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