From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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Date: | Tuesday, December 18, 2001, 15:50 |
Andreas Johansson wrote:> BTW, what happened to the English cognate of Dutch "heten", German > "heissen", Swedish "heta" etc? I remember finding it increadible that > English lacks a verb of this meaning when I learnt it.Who can say? "Hight" simply fell out of use. -- Not to perambulate || John Cowan <jcowan@...> the corridors || http://www.reutershealth.com during the hours of repose || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan in the boots of ascension. \\ Sign in Austrian ski-resort hotel