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] Date Posted: 17:28:55 01/06/05 Thu In reply to: Andrew 's message, "Really" on 17:14:05 01/06/05 Thu [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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Author: Ed Harris (London) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 17:33:13 01/06/05 Thu I think that this ends the debate for me. All words come from somewhere. "Orange" can be traced back to arabic, along with giraffe (ziraffa) and gazelle (ghazahl). Heaven knows where "tomato" comes from. "Potato" is, presumably, a Native American word. The point is that these exist in different forms in different languages. You might as well say that the French "Eglise" for 'church' is not French, it is Greek, because it comes from "ekklesia" meaning 'assembly'. There was someone else on this forum who argued that English didn't really exist because 'admirable' was clearly just the Latin 'mirabile' in disguise, and other such nonsense. Enjoy the rest of your debate - it has become a little absurd for my tastes. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |