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Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary
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Mathias Dahl |
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Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary |
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Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:40:12 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (windows-nt) |
Nic Ferrier <address@hidden> writes:
>> I am a native Swedish-speaker and wonder about these plurals ending in
>> -en. I have seen "emacsen" and "boxen", and to me they look "ugly"
>> (not offence intended), cannot explain why. Does not sound right at
>> all to me. Is there any "old" words that use this too or is this some
>> modern "thing"?
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> Oxen, Children, Bretheren.
Of course, thanks!
Actually, I did not know about oxen.
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- Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary, Robert J. Chassell, 2005/06/14
- Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary, Gian Uberto Lauri, 2005/06/14
- Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary, Robert J. Chassell, 2005/06/14
- Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary, Gian Uberto Lauri, 2005/06/14
- Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary, Thien-Thi Nguyen, 2005/06/14
- Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary, Daniel Brockman, 2005/06/14
- Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary, Thien-Thi Nguyen, 2005/06/15