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Re: CHAT: Easter & the Saxon Calendar (was: Passover/Easter)

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Friday, May 5, 2000, 18:08
BP Jonsson wrote:

> In view of German _ostern_ the possible concealment value of _astron_ melts > down to nil.
I wasn't thinking of concealment exactly, simply not flaunting the point in the reader's face, as "Eastermath" would certainly do. -- Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis um dies! || John Cowan <jcowan@...> Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, || http://www.reutershealth.com Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)