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Title: Dead or Alive?
Post by: Nick on July 16, 2016, 03:05:58 PM
Germanic or French? I have set Miss I off on a food related blog post about this interesting distinction in Modern English............... angel1
Title: Re: Dead or Alive?
Post by: Pirate on July 16, 2016, 03:34:55 PM
Thought this thread was going to be about Mort...
Title: Re: Dead or Alive?
Post by: Nick on July 16, 2016, 03:35:20 PM
Bladder Boy  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Dead or Alive?
Post by: Steve on July 16, 2016, 04:05:37 PM
Quote from: Maverick on July 16, 2016, 03:34:55 PM
Thought this thread was going to be about Mort...
same here  redface:

We could start one about the awful mistook postibility. The Uncle or Auntie thread
Title: Re: Dead or Alive?
Post by: Nick on July 16, 2016, 04:06:34 PM
 ::)
Title: Re: Dead or Alive?
Post by: Steve on July 16, 2016, 04:07:22 PM
Quote from: Nick on July 16, 2016, 04:06:34 PM
::)
Quote from: Nick on July 16, 2016, 03:35:20 PM
Bladder Boy  :thumbsup:
point:
Title: Re: Dead or Alive?
Post by: Nick on July 16, 2016, 04:08:21 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_with_dual_French_and_Anglo-Saxon_variations (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_with_dual_French_and_Anglo-Saxon_variations) angel1
Title: Re: Dead or Alive?
Post by: Steve on July 16, 2016, 04:11:24 PM
Quote from: Nick on July 16, 2016, 04:08:21 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_with_dual_French_and_Anglo-Saxon_variations (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_with_dual_French_and_Anglo-Saxon_variations) angel1
Shrugs:
Title: Re: Dead or Alive?
Post by: Nick on July 16, 2016, 04:12:15 PM
 facepalm:
Title: Re: Dead or Alive?
Post by: Steve on July 16, 2016, 04:14:17 PM
Quote from: Nick on July 16, 2016, 04:12:15 PM
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Title: Re: Dead or Alive?
Post by: Nick on July 16, 2016, 04:15:44 PM
Only Mr Darwin (sir) gets this stuff. As do his turkeys  :thumbsup:

(No Anglo Saxon word for Turkey, obviously)
Title: Re: Dead or Alive?
Post by: Darwins Selection on July 17, 2016, 03:00:41 PM
Quote from: Nick on July 16, 2016, 04:15:44 PM
Only Mr Darwin (sir) gets this stuff. As do his turkeys  :thumbsup:

(No Anglo Saxon word for Turkey, obviously)
:thumbsup:
Title: Re: Dead or Alive?
Post by: Nick on July 17, 2016, 03:01:11 PM
I think he got my "stuff" joke too  cloud9:
Title: Re: Dead or Alive?
Post by: Miss Demeanour on July 17, 2016, 03:22:38 PM
Haven't got a Scooby  whacky115
Title: Re: Dead or Alive?
Post by: Nick on July 17, 2016, 03:23:12 PM
 happy100