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Hight was Re: describing names

From:Padraic Brown <elemtilas@...>
Date:Tuesday, August 6, 2002, 21:16
--- Tim May <butsuri@...> wrote:
> Padraic Brown writes: > > Actually, just "She hight Mary". I've found one > > use of this verb in modern literature thus far.
> I've come across it twice, but both times used as a > deliberate archaism in fantasy novels. Where did > you see it?
Mary Gentle's "Grunts". You could argue for the deliberate archaism, but given the rest of the speaker's speech I'm not sure I'd buy it. Where were yours? Padraic. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com

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