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Is there a specific difference between a Lehnwort and an Erbwort?
Yes. Erbw�rter are the ones English got from Old (via Middle) English. Lehnw�rter are the ones English got from French, Dutch, Yiddish, Greek, Latin, etc.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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someone should mention that in Anu's update thread!!
thanks for that ron o. I see you did it. (I, myself, didn't think that Anu read any threads on this site.)
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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>(I, myself, didn't think that Anu read any threads on this site.)
{just the one, I surmise.}
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Anu read one of mine and wrote me about it in a PM.
And he quoted it and another in another weekly newsletter.
----please, draw me a sheep----
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zmjezhd: Thank you Jim, Erbworter only from the ancient past of the language itself, which I may suppose counts for many separate languages. I know we also have the understanding erfwoord. But as many of those seperate languages have more or less a shared past, can I suppose the line between isn't that clear?
tsuwm: If Anu does not read threads someone in his surrounding does, proved by occasional pickings from the board.
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If Anu does not read threads someone in his surrounding does, proved by occasional pickings from the board. I'm only going by 'wordsmith' posts, as I generally don't see the emails. - joe (did anyone here get contest recognition?) friday
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My Two entries paled in comparison to some of the options. Slightly off target they were.
mathematicaster = not a good counter
lepidopterology = little flutterby
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Did anyone besides Olly take part? (I was lost in scrabbling )  Why Olly, the first one wasn't that bad.
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mathematicaster = adder who can't sum
(my others were even worse)
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I wish I 'd understand this best one.
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