Re: And in Denmark too? (was: Conlang meeting in Nederlands (Irina/Boud, Rob, Maarten, Christophe))
| From: | Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, November 4, 2001, 10:37 |
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> Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 20:23:25 -0500
> From: John Cowan <cowan@...>
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> Lars Henrik Mathiesen scripsit:
> > The old Danish form is kiopmannahafn.
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> Yeah, sorry, Lars. I couldn't make out the -mann- morpheme through
> the potato.
Well, without a score card, neither can the natives. It hasn't really
been there for the last 600 years or so.
Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)