| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, June 2, 2003, 17:45 |
Joe scripsit:> Are "fok"(in Dutch) and "fuck" cognate?Possibly, but it may be a matter of borrowing and semantic shift instead.> Oh, and are Dutch "dier", and > German "tier" cognate to "deer"Yes, definitely. Shakespeare says "rats and mice and other small deer". -- Do NOT stray from the path! John Cowan <jcowan@...> --Gandalf http://www.ccil.org/~cowan