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   occam to Ed Cryer   
   Re: (remit) -- ( French: envoyer ) -- (    
   15 Dec 24 10:06:57   
   
   XPost: alt.usage.english, alt.language.latin   
   From: occam@nowhere.nix   
      
   On 12/12/2024 19:20, Ed Cryer wrote:   
   > HenHanna wrote:   
      
      
      
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   > The Romance languages got their Latin roots from uneducated soldiers and   
   > other people who spoke vulgar Latin.   
   > "Inviare" was vulgar Latin. "In via".   
   > Similarly "caballus" was vulgar Latin >> cheval & caballo.   
   > You can find lots more here;   
   > https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/   
   > Category:Spanish_terms_derived_from_Vulgar_Latin   
   >   
      
   I don't even have to look at the content of some posts. Just the   
   formatting of the Subject already tells me the original post was from   
   the feather-brained Hen.    
      
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