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===========================================<br></div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Hellinckx Luc</span> <span class="go"><<a href="mailto:luc.hellinckx@gmail.com">luc.hellinckx@gmail.com</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI">LL-L "Lexicon"<br><br></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Beste Paul,</span><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br><div><div>On 11/11/09, at 17:45, you wrote:</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
An interesting case of the relative status of Romance or Classical words versus Germanic has arisen recently here in Britain.</div>
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<div>Jaqui Janes, mother of British soldier Jamie Janes who was killed
in Afghanistan made the news after she complained about Prime Minister
Gordon Brown's "scrawled" hand-written letter which she said
mis-spelled his name. Brown rang Ms. Janes, who later commented that
"although he must have said sorry 20 times, he never once offered an
apology"....</div>
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<div>She clearly thinks that "Offering an Apology" has some sort of status or solemnity that "saying sorry" clearly lacks.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Making
an apology is never very simple: It's probably better to express your
regret once (and heartfelt) than 200 times in a row.</div><div><br></div><div>There's different levels of apologising, just ask the Japanese nation (especially with regard to China):</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_war_apology_statements_issued_by_Japan" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_war_apology_statements_issued_by_Japan</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Maybe Mr. Brown can learn a thing or two from the past ;=)</div><div><br></div><div>Kind greetings,</div><div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div>Luc Hellinckx, Halle, Belgium</div></font></div></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Kevin & Cheryl Caldwell</span> <span class="go"><<a href="mailto:kevin.caldwell1963@verizon.net">kevin.caldwell1963@verizon.net</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI">LL-L "Lexicon" 2009.11.11 (02) [EN]<br></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br>
Uh, how about “forefathers” or “forebears”? What about “offspring”
(OK, technically speaking, that only refers to one’s children, not later
generations)?</span>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Kevin Caldwell</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Laurel, MD</span></p><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI"><br>
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