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Re: Scots.

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Friday, July 18, 2008, 17:54
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Paul Bennett <paul.w.bennett@...> wrote:
> Is it the mostly-archaic English word 'sore', meaning 'very' (cogn. > Ger. 'sehr', i.a.)?
I wouldn't say it's mostly archaic. The word is of course common in the sense of "painful", but even the "very" meaning is alive and well in many rural areas in the US. ("I'm sore tempted to hit you upside your head right now") -- Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>

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