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   From: jwkenne@attglobal.net   
      
   Dorothy J Heydt wrote:   
   > There are *some* sneaky connections between words in _LotR_   
   > and words in our linguistic inventory.  For instance _craban_   
   > (plural _crebain_), "crow", is cognate with Latin _corvus_,   
   > Greek _korax_ and (by Grimm's Law) English "raven."   
      
   And Scots (and Zorkish) "Corbie".   
      
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