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From: mmar@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Mitchell Marks)
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Subject: Re: the word "won't" (No reason for the Ianucci/Ellis dispute)
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Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 02:23:29 EDT
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From their views _as_stated_, michael is right, German didn't have much
direct influence on English -- but that's just because we apply the name
'German' only to a point in the history after the branch leading to English
was well split off.  But, michael, look at what the guy is trying to say
and instead of flaming him about the facts, just suggest a better way of
putting it.  Obviously what Dave has in mind is that English is after all
a Germanic language, and it's reasonable to suspect that apparent cognates
have the same origin in a common ancestor.  
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            -- Mitch Marks @ UChicago 
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