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Quick etymology check shows the n just snuck in there in ME. The vowel shift seems to be just some sort of random noise phenomenon; a>>e in the case of message/messenger(messanger in ME) from French and i>>e in passenger from Italian.
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Don't shoot the messenger!
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Massage/Massenger?
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Re: Massage/Massenger?
Rouspeteur 02/26/02 10:24 PM
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