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   Mikko to All   
   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.   
      
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