Re: An ungothroughsome little riddle...
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, March 7, 2001, 20:19 |
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Padraic Brown wrote:
>
> Well, not really a riddle, but something I can't
> think of the answer to. Concerning the word
> "ungothroughsome", I'm sure I read that some monk
> of the 12th or 13th centuries attempted to reenglish
> the language by creating words of Germanic roots that
> corresponed with all the new French borrowings.
I believe that was a movement, not just one person.
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