More on Danish and Swedish

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Wed Feb 27 21:44:17 UTC 2008


Interesting, especially since Russians say "po-angliiski" as Swedes
say "på Englesk."

-Wilson

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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>  > -Wilson
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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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