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|    Re: An    |
|    28 Apr 24 12:45:20    |
      From: mikko.levanto@iki.fi              On 2024-04-28 09:25:14 +0000, db said:              > There is an old English use of "an" for "if". Where       > does this come from? I can't think of similar forms       > in German or Danish or Latin.              It could be English "when". Or it could be the Swedish       "om". But perhaps it is something else.              --       Mikko              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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