which its = "whose"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Rather an arcane connection, eh wot?

JL


On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 12:42 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Which reminds me of Anglo-Saxon <hwaet> adj. 'what'; adv. 'why, wherefore:
> indeed, surely, truly, for'; interj. 'ah! behold!'
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