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Re: Gaol and all

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Sunday, December 12, 1999, 6:03
abrigon wrote:
> > I thought Gaol and like was an old name for Jail. Could be the Theatre > and Gaol comes from the same root or likely cause of a possible place > Theatres used to be held at or ...
Gaol is just another spelling of "jail", coming from a period before the invention of the letter "j". Theatre is the British spelling of American Theater, the common -er/-re alternation. -- "Old linguists never die - they just come to voiceless stops." - anonymous http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Conlang/W.html http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor