Oldest words in English?

[Jonathan Lighter]

A further quote for Fred, from the film _Sodom and Gomorrah_ (1962), with
Stewart Granger as Lot: "You bake the best peach pie in Gomorrah!"

Not sure if Granger spoke that line, however.

JL

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:04 PM, <RonButters at aol.com> wrote:

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> The archeological evidence suggests that, before the invention of tin,
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> > >The tin was invented before the PIE.
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> > And a good thing too.=A0 Otherwise how would one have baked it.
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