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Re: Strangeness of U (was Re: CHAT behove etc (was: Natlag: Middle English imper

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Sunday, March 12, 2006, 23:36
On 3/12/06, John Vertical <johnvertical@...> wrote:
> I see. Final vocalic <ue> as in argue, true, blue etc. is presumably a later > innovation?
True was "troeve" in ME; "argue" comes from French "arguer". I assume words like the latter influenced the development of words like the former...? -- Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>