Re: The Birds and the Bees of Gender
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, March 30, 1999, 19:09 |
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dunn patrick w wrote:
> Although I always thought "cattle" came from the same root as "chattle,"
It does! Cattle came into our language thru Norman French, while
"chattel" came thru Parisian French, nicely demonstrating the ca --> cha
sound change that occurred in Parisian, but not Norman, French, also
demonstrated in candle and chandelier.
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