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Re: The English/French counting system (WAS: number systems fromconlangs)

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Tuesday, September 16, 2003, 13:55
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 07:09:30AM -0400, Tristan McLeay wrote:
> Note that 'till' and 'until' are two different but synonymous words. > 'Till' is not a shortening of 'until': in fact, 'until' is a compound of > un- (meaning till) and till according to m-w.com.
No! Really? Get out! <shoves Tristan backward> Sorry, had an Elaine Benes moment there. I had absolutely no idea. I have always thought - without ever bothering to look it up, obviously - that <'til> was a shortening of <until> and that the spelling <till> for that use was an error. That such is not the case is something of a worldview-altering discovery for me. :) Thanks for the enlightenment. -Mark