Re: USAGE: Dutch v or f (was: Grimm's Law)
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, April 26, 2002, 19:52 |
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On 24 Apr 02, at 11:16, Maarten van Beek wrote:
> In Dutch, we have a very famous invented word, namely the word "fiets" for
> bicycle. It was invented by the participant of a contest in the first half
> of this century, where the contest was specifically intended to yield a new
> word for this invention.
The first half of this century! Interesting... was it this year, then,
or last year? ;)
Cheers,
Philip
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