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Re: I'm new!

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Sunday, October 22, 2000, 20:38
On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, daniel andreasson wrote:

> In Swedish, a short story is called 'novell' and a novel is > called "roman". Confusing, isn't it? :)
Hmm, a little German influence here, I suppose? But the word "novella" is current in English, though not as well known as "short story" or "novel". -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore --Douglas Hofstadter