Re: USAGE: Dutch v or f (was: Grimm's Law)
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, April 24, 2002, 16:20 |
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Maarten van Beek scripsit:
> 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.
Oho. I wondered where that came from: it was a word that became very
familiar to me after 5 weeks in Koog a/d Zaan back in 1987.
What were the criteria that made "fiets" the winning word?
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han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_
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