Redup. in aorist

Maurice A. O'Sullivan mauros at iol.ie
Sun Mar 5 16:34:29 EST 2000


At 19:42 05/03/00, Carlton Winbery wrote:
>Here we see the very interesting occurance of "swappance" in modern
>English. *Perhaps* becomes *Perphas* by this process which is sorta like
>swapping the castle with the queen in chess.

Carlton:
Wasn't it Steinitz who said "All the mistakes are waiting to be made"?
He might well have added "on mailing-lists as well as chessboards" <g>

Regards
Maurice
Maurice A. O'Sullivan  [ Bray, Ireland ]
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