German dialect in Texas

[Wilson Gray]

Chris has a point, though not necessarily the one she intended to
make. Words beginning with /h/ in a Slavic language or in Rumanian are
99.44% certain to be of non-native origin. The root of "haken" could
easily be the historical source of both "haczyk" and "hacek."

-Wilson

On 11/27/06, Chris F Waigl <chris at lascribe.net> wrote:
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> Dennis R. Preston wrote:
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> > Larry, you wag. You know very well that "hacek" (compare Polish
> > haczyk) means 'hook.'
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> >> At 10:59 AM -0500 11/27/06, Dennis R. Preston wrote:
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> >>> Yes, Wilson, and, alas, like much of West Slavic, that spacek (little
> >>> sparrow) is a loan from German (Spatz).
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> >>> dInIs
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> >> Is it safe to assume that "hacek" (little upside down hat) is from
> >> German Hatz?
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> >> LH
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> "Haken" in German.
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> Chris Waigl
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