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L O W L A N D S - L - 27 October 2008 - Volume 01<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br>
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From: <span class="ep8xu"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);"><a href="mailto:caennmohr@aol.com">caennmohr@aol.com</a></span></span></span><br>
Subject: <span class="hccdpe">LL-L "Etymology" 2008.10.26 (01) [E</span><br>
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Reading Wolfram's post makes me wonder if perhaps English "thin" and
its various forms may have the same root. It seems but a short step from
"thvina" to thin. Certainly "thin" could be construed as
being "diminished" and fading away (oh how I wish!!), and
"thinning" -- as in hair, for example -- clearly carries the connotation
of "diminishing". Also, historically, of course, becoming
thinner would definitely have carried the negative -- and very real --
connotation of "disappearing slowly"...<br>
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Best regards,<br>
Carolyn <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">[Wood]</span><br style="">
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