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Re: Rant on partial understandings (was: Spoken French, coins)

From:Anton Sherwood <bronto@...>
Date:Friday, December 21, 2001, 22:34
John Cowan wrote:
> NORMANDIE > Cie. Gle. Transatlantique > 60 Voyages > 400.000 Milles Marins > 115.000 Passagers > Au 1er Janvier 1939 > > [...] only one tiny, tiny detail escapes me: > > Does it mean "since 1 January 1939" or "before > 1 January 1939"?
Gee, I'd have said it means `on' that date; in context, `as of' makes sense.
> [...] I know that [Eo] -ig- and -igh- convert between > transitive and intransitive forms, but I can't remember > which is which!
Mnemonic (by Montagu Butler iirc): "make a pIG become sausIG^." IG transitive, IG^ in-. -- Anton Sherwood -- http://www.ogre.nu/