Re: Singing in foreign langs. was Re: Greetings
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 15, 2003, 12:05 |
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At 02:08 13.1.2003 +0000, Dan Jones wrote:
>Nah, sounds so much better in Gaulish: alaudâ, alaudâ, trougocarâ alaudâ,
>te exettisaxiû mi! :o)
Is _alauda_ really a Gaulish word? I have a Latin dictionary that mostly
notes foreign etymologies but doesn't in this case.
/ B.Philip Jonsson B^)>
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