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

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???


Andy

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