Re: I may not be a bearded, left-handed, gay Lithuanian, but...

Hi!

Mark J. Reed writes:
> On 6/1/06, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote:
> > I collect dictionaries, too.  The thicker, the better.  The weirder,
> > the better.  Currently I'm waiting for quite a normal book: a Romance
> > Etymological Dictionary.
>
> Amazon just shipped my copy of Aronson's Georgian grammar. :)
Hmmmm! :-)

After the promotional posts about Lithuanian, I almost bought a grammar
immediately.  It's a very good feeling when good books arive. :-)

> I would love a Romance Etymological Dictionary, though.  I don't
> suppose the one you're waiting for is English? :) If I had one of
> those, I wouldn't have to bug romlang with nagging questions like my
> recent one about the origin of words for "beach".  :)
No, it's in German:

Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke
Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch.
(ISBN: 3825313948)

Unfortunately, they're currently reprinting and, as I just checked,
the ETA is now July 11 (from May 11 two months ago) :-[ This delays
Thrjotran development significantly.  I should go and borrow it from
a library.

**Henrik

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