Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!mcvax!diku!storm From: storm@diku.UUCP (Kim Fabricius Storm) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Re: Easy languages (number of vowels: English vs. Esperanto) Message-ID: <76@diku.UUCP> Date: Tue, 18-Feb-86 21:29:49 EST Article-I.D.: diku.76 Posted: Tue Feb 18 21:29:49 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Feb-86 06:43:20 EST References: <889@kuling.UUCP> Organization: DIKU, U of Copenhagen, DK Lines: 13 In article <889@kuling.UUCP> christer@kuling.UUCP (Christer Johansson) writes: >>- 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.) "Town" comes from the old scandinavian 'tun' which meant an area enclosed with a fence, or a farmyard. It exists in danish town names like Tune and Galten (from Galtatun: Galt = hog (pig) + tun = fence, i.e. a pigsty). ------------------ Kim F. Storm, Inst of Datalogy(=CS), U of Copenhagen UUCP: mcvax!diku!storm,