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   Michael R N Dolbear to John F. Eldredge   
   Re: We are obsolete   
   08 Aug 14 21:57:52   
   
   From: me@privacy.net   
      
   "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)"  wrote   
   On 8/7/14 7:52 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote:   
      
   >> Turn about fair play.  English has loan-words from virtually every   
   >> language on the planet, including German.   
      
      
   >> "Loan". That's funny. As if we're ever giving them back.   
      
   "Copy" perhaps   
      
   Any examples of recopied words which end up in the original language with a   
   additional foreign-derived meaning ?   
      
   Best I can do is "Metro"   
      
      
      
   --   
   Mike D   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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