Re: CHAT: Must Needs? (WAS: Lighting Some Flames: Towards conlang artistry)
| From: | Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, March 19, 2002, 10:56 |
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> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 06:20:23 +0000
> From: Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...>
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> 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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