loup garou?

[Dennis R. Preston]

Ron, that'll teach you to be specific. I too wondered about it
pleonasticness (pleonasticity?), not it's meaning, known to all C (or
lower-grade) movie fans.

dInIs



>In a message dated 9/27/01 1:25:51 PM, drew.danielson at CMU.EDU writes:
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><< C'est le «werewolf».
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>http://frenchcaculture.about.com/cs/loupgarou/
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>http://rking.vinu.edu/loup.htm
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>RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:
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>>  << ... the curious pleonasm of
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>>  >>"loup-garou" ... >>
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>>  Which is what? >>
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>Yes, but what is "pleonastic" about it? (GAROU isn't in my little dictionary,
>either)

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