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Re: [conculture] Re: Greetings!

From:FFlores <fflores@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 31, 1999, 1:46
Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...> wrote:
> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 12:42:52 -0600 > From: dunn patrick w <tb0pwd1@...> > > You'll notice if you glance at the OED that most actual borrowings > from Danish come *after* the Norman invasion! >
I can't find the original message in my MESS-age box ;) but someone said borrowed "skirt" was cognate with English "shirt". I know that sk- changed to sh- in English like that; does that mean most English words beginning with sk- are Scandinavian borrowings? --Pablo Flores * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat. Lily Tomlin