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Re: Anthroponymy (was Re: Re: Laadan)

From:Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Date:Sunday, December 15, 2002, 11:46
 --- Andreas Johansson skrzypszy:

> Would "Koevoets" be pronounced something like [ku:fu:ts]? If so, it sounds > unpleasantly much like the (indefinite) genitive of Swedish _kofot_, lit > "cow-foot", meaning "crowbar".
Then I've got news for you: a "koevoet" IS a crowbar (in the genitive form)! Jan ===== "Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com