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Re: Ayeri: Menan Coyalayamoena ena McGuffey

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Sunday, April 10, 2005, 7:50
Quoting Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>:


> It may well be.  Swedish youngsters tend to put spaces into the middle
> of compounds, due to exposure to English spelling habits -- or now due
> to exposure to others' errors due to exposure to English.

I'm not sure English is solely to blame here - I've seen the same kind of
"errors" in 17th C texts, when English influence can't've been strong.

                                                      Andreas