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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: spruik #143924 06/13/2005 1:21 PM Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 2 South Korea lanisusan stranger lanisusan stranger Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 2 South Korea It must have a very old root. I speak Afrikaans, which developed from 17th century Dutch, and "spraak" means speech. Look at these! Old English: spraec English: speech Swedish: spra*k Danish: Sprog Dutch (and Afrikaans): spraak German: Sprache Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted spruik TenorTom 06/13/2005 11:38 AM Re: spruik maverick 06/13/2005 12:11 PM Re: spruik lanisusan 06/13/2005 1:21 PM Re: spruik maverick 06/13/2005 3:31 PM Re: spruik lanisusan 06/14/2005 12:40 PM Re: spruik Butterfish 06/30/2005 6:07 AM Re: other word tsuwm 06/30/2005 6:29 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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