LL-L "Lexicon" 2009.11.03 (03) [EN]

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From: Hellinckx Luc <luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon"

Beste David,
You wrote:

I wanted to highlight the loss of some really expressive words, and
wonder whether English's liking for borrowing might mean that some get
to come back into use again (like afterfollower, mouthroof, oathbreach
and others).


A good indicator of how succesful a loanword may become, is the length of
the word. Shorter words, having the same semantical range as the original
one, easily become popular. It'll be hard to substitute "exit" ;=).

Kind greetings,

Luc Hellinckx, Halle, Belgium

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