Re: English notation
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, July 2, 2001, 20:12 |
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At 15:24 2001-06-30 +0200, daniel andreasson wrote:
>Two questions: Why is _får_ "four" and _skor_ "score" written
>differently? They're pronounced the same, aren't they?
To differentiate it from the preposition _for_.
>Martin Lúþyr Kiq put it: "Fív skor jérs agó, y grát
>Ymerykyn..."
_Lúþr_ and _amerikn_, actually! :-)
/BP 8^)>
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