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hi Fritz -<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>On 8 Sep 2005, at 19:21, <A href="mailto:lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com">lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com</A> wrote:</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Where does "happy-go-lucky" fit in? What is the function of "go" in this</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">combination?</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">this is a very interesting question. I have no idea what the answer could be, although I would suggest it might be a filler word, ie with no semantic content: notice that it's deëmphasized. I suspect it is not actually anything to do with <I>to go</I> although it would be really good to know for sure...what ideas have you had or heard...?</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">And yes, the Sachsen cakes are wonderful. I am developing a fondness for quark which we call curd(s) in British English but which I had never tasted before I arrived here.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">OK, bis bald -</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">Si<BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>---</DIV><DIV>Körnerstraße 1, 01407 Leipzig, Germany</DIV><DIV>cell: 0049 (0)1627 325868</DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.qamutiik.net">http://www.qamutiik.net</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR><DIV></DIV></SPAN></DIV>
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