minimal pairs

[Anton Sherwood]

Eduard Selleslagh wrote:
> Note that 'Anthony', 'author' etc. are a class apart: the English
> spelling does not correspond to Latin spelling, which has 't':
> Antonius, auctor...

<Anthony> was misderived from Greek <anthos> `flower'.

A large fraction of Roman gentile names come from Etruscan, so it's
unlikely that we latter-day Antonii will ever find our root(s).

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Anton Sherwood  --  br0nt0 at p0b0x.com  --  http://ogre.nu/