there's a lot to know, Phil ...
"phil chastney" <phil.hates.spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Jan Karman wrote:
>> Excellent Phil,
>>
>> That's filling a little gap in my knowledge! But then I guess KNOW
might have
>> been derived from NOM as well.
>
> not according to the Shorter Oxford
>
> "know" can be traced back to OE, OHG and ON,
> which makes it Germanic rather than Romantic,
> and it makes Old Norway the source of all knowledge
>
> a few years ago, somebody sent me a postcard by way of a thank-you note,
and
> scribbled round the edge of this thing was, "Do you know the difference
> between 'assume' and 'presume'? A Russian just asked me, and I don't
know the
> answer" -- that one plagued me for weeks, so nowadays I tend to notice
> whether those words have been used correctly
>
> not that it matters a lot . . . /phil
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