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Re: Even *MORE* Scandinavia...

Henriette Frans
SubjectRe: Even *MORE* Scandinavian linguistics; was: Republicanism still an offence in England?
FromHenriette Frans
Date2002-05-21 08:34 (2002-05-21 08:34)
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FollowsTroels Forchhammer
FollowupsRaven (14h & 59m) > Henriette Frans

Troels Forchhammer wrote:

Troels Forchhammer
Henriette Frans wrote:

Henriette Frans
Strange, that the Dutch and the Germans have that in common with the Arabs, whereas none of the other languages we discussed have that illogical habit.

Troels Forchhammer
Hey - count us Danes in there as well ;-) When you talk about our number system there is only a few illogicalities we don't employ ;-)

That is true, I almost forgot. three times twelve and what-not :-) I always wonder if that says something about a nation. BTW does Christiansand still exist, or does that not ring a bell?

Henriette

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