Joe wrote:
> Gary Shannon wrote:
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>> <snip>
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>> There is no need for the tie breaker. Look up "ken"
>> in a good English dictionary.
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>
> Well, yes, 'ken' and 'wot' are (obsolete) English verbs, but I am
> basing this on the modern languages. I doubt anyone would accept their
> use as being Standard English.
except in the expression 'to wit' 'wit' being the infinitive 'wot'
being the present singular.
In forming your words will you be going by cognates (a word contributes
regardless of its current meaning) or by semantics (only if a word has
kept the same meaning as the others)?
And wouldn't something like Platdeutsch be closer to
English/Scots/Frisian than Dutch?
David Barrow