Re: Láadan and woman's speak

John Cowan wrote:

> Raymond Brown scripsit:
>
> > (1) while in English we can speak about one's native country as
> > "fatherland" _or_ "mother-land",
>
> I always thought it would be interesting to construct a table of
> "fatherland" languages (e.g. German), "motherland" languages (e.g.
> Russian), and either-or languages (e.g. English).
FWIW, in his recent inaugural address, the President Putin used
the term "fatherland" twice, and "motherland" once.

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Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
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