Re: CHAT: "Nik"names :) (was Re: Middle Initials)

On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 10:30:53AM -0600, Andrew D Chaney wrote:
> On Monday, February 19, 2001, at 07:20 AM, Andreas Johansson wrote:
>
> > Of course, English takes a sort of middle ground in that it happily
> > uses both "k" and "c" alot - do this have anything to do with the heavy
> > Romance influence on it in medieval times?
>
>
> I'm no expert on Old English but flipping through my Old English Grammar
> and Reader leads me to believe that "c" was the standard notation in Old
> English.  So I wonder where we picked up the "k".  From differences between
> dialects, perhaps???
Just a conjecture here, but maybe it was from Norse influence?

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Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo
Conlang code:
CU !lh:m cN:R:S:G a+ y n2d:1d !R* A-- E L* N1 Id:m k- ia- p+ m- o+ P-- d* b+++ lainesco