More on Danish and Swedish

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Well, you've certainly cleared that up. :-)
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> Oy and grrrr! The text was:
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> This site is an archeology blog *; this entry is about "false friends" and
> the like, and is both entertaining and informative. And in English.
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> *"This is the world's #1 archaeology blog according to Technorati."
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> http://scienceblogs.com/aardvarchaeology/2008/02/danish_rubber_goat.php
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> m a m
> <http://scienceblogs.com/aardvarchaeology/2008/02/danish_rubber_goat.php>

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