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From: christer@kuling.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Easy languages (number of vowels: English vs. Esperanto)
Message-ID: <889@kuling.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 16-Feb-86 20:26:57 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 16 20:26:57 1986
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References: <77@druhi.UUCP> <3550004@csd2.UUCP> <144@crin.UUCP>
Reply-To: christer@kuling.UUCP (Christer Johansson)
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In article <144@crin.UUCP> of Sat, 15-Feb-86 04:24:49 GMT
tombre@crin.UUCP (Karl Tombre) writes:

> OK, there are common
>roots in many european languages, 
>
>- other words have specifically scandinavian origins: "husband", "town",
>  "garden" ...

What is the origin of "town"? The origins of 'husband' and 'garden' are obvious
(at least if you speak a scandinavian language.)
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