Friday foolishness: foreign words

[Peter A. McGraw]

--On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 9:04 PM +0100 Lynne Murphy <lynnem at COGS.SUSX.AC.UK>
wrote:

>>>
>>> Why would "voie unique" bring up the idea of "unique views?"
>>>
>>> Sali.
>>>
>> Well, if you had absolutely no idea what a "voie" was but you figured
>> it was something unique that could be found on (or near) the road you
>> were driving along, 'view' might be a reasonable (though obviously
>> completely wrong) guess.  And they even look sorta similar.
>>
>> larry
>
> Especially if you know a little French, and assume that 'voie' is
> related to 'voir'.
>
> Lynne
> --

Exactly.

Peter Mc.

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                               Peter A. McGraw
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