LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 13.SEP.2000 (03) [E]

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From: Henry Pijffers <hpijffers at home.nl>
Subject: LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 13.SEP.2000 (01) [E]

John Feather wrote:
>
>I sometimes despair of conveying what I mean in the e-mail format.
...
>Yes, because I meant "it is preserved only in the word 'forlorn' in English
>but I am not sure that someone isn't going to find another example". I
>thought that we had already established the existence of the phenomenon in
>Dutch, German, etc.
>
I guess I made an error in interpreting your writings as well...

regards,
Henry

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