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Re: CHAT: Must Needs? (WAS: Lighting Some Flames: Towards conlang artistry)

From:Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...>
Date:Tuesday, March 19, 2002, 10:56
> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 06:20:23 +0000 > From: Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...> > > If its inevitable that you do a certain action, then you _need_ to > do it. The connexion in meaning is fairly clear, but as for the > morphology, I don't know.
www.m-w.com: Main Entry: needs Pronunciation: 'nEdz Function: adverb Etymology: Middle English nedes, from Old English nEdes, from genitive of nEd need Date: before 12th century : of necessity : NECESSARILY <must needs be recognized> Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)

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