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After a marathon period of piscine pedalling away from here, Shona returned with I notice my English brethren and sistren (?)
Can any of our phine philologists tell me if English ever had a word like the German Geschwister? I've always thought that it was particularly handy, not to mention that its close connexion with schwester over bruder intrigued me from an herstorical perspective.![]()
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bespoke (for our English correspondents
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