From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mathias Dahl Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:40:12 +0200 Message-ID: References: <8764whreme.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> <87oea9drmb.fsf@kanga.tapsellferrier.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1118757629 2637 80.91.229.2 (14 Jun 2005 14:00:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:00:29 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 14 16:00:17 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DiBwb-0003wQ-8Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:59:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DiC1b-0007eE-NN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:04:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DiBw7-0005uG-Lp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 09:58:40 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DiBvt-0005kG-Kg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 09:58:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DiBvn-0005ek-SE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 09:58:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA:16) (Exim 4.34) id 1DiBfm-0001El-8q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 09:41:46 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DiBZd-000880-1g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:35:25 +0200 Original-Received: from user.ifsab.se ([193.41.170.225]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:35:24 +0200 Original-Received: from brakjoller by user.ifsab.se with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:35:24 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 13 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: user.ifsab.se User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:rj50d6N0IC2FJ446TNLO2zGKjAQ= X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:38812 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:38812 Nic Ferrier 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"? > > Oxen, Children, Bretheren. Of course, thanks! Actually, I did not know about oxen.