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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(121, 6, 25);">Jonny</span> <span class="go"><<a href="mailto:jonny.meibohm@arcor.de">jonny.meibohm@arcor.de</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span class="gI"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">LL-L "Etymology" 2009.11.24 (01) [EN]</span><br><br></span><div style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" id=":92" class="ii gt">
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<div><span>Dear
Lowlanners,</span></div>
<div><span></span>Â </div>
<div><span>resp. 'Kangaroo'
</span><span>John M.
Tait (1)Â and Clarke David (2)Â explained:</span></div>
<div><span></span>Â </div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><font color="#ff0000">(1)"I
can't get out". The story was told to me a long time ago by a
Scotswoman.</font></span></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span></span>Â </div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font color="#ff0000"><span>(2) </span>Perhaps he
meant to say "Ah canna ga oot"Â <span>...</span></font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Â </div>
<div align="left"><span>I
couldn't believe it at first - but once more it's similar to German Low
Saxon: "Cann' ne 'ruut!' But I don't believe in this explanation at
all!</span></div>
<div align="left"><span></span>Â </div>
<div align="left">Allerbest!</div>
<div align="left">Â </div><font color="#888888">
<div align="left">Jonny Meibohm</div>
<div align="left">Lower Saxony,
Germany</div></font></div>
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