From: Mathias Dahl <brakjoller@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:40:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <uy89d5a6b.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87oea9drmb.fsf@kanga.tapsellferrier.co.uk
Nic Ferrier <nferrier@tapsellferrier.co.uk> 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.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-06-14 13:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-06-14 0:00 [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary Miles Bader
2005-06-14 12:18 ` Mathias Dahl
2005-06-14 12:56 ` Nic Ferrier
2005-06-14 13:40 ` Mathias Dahl [this message]
2005-06-14 13:03 ` Juanma Barranquero
2005-06-14 13:11 ` Juanma Barranquero
2005-06-14 13:35 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2005-06-14 13:10 ` Robert J. Chassell
2005-06-14 15:53 ` Gian Uberto Lauri
2005-06-14 19:11 ` Robert J. Chassell
2005-06-14 22:49 ` Gian Uberto Lauri
2005-06-15 0:00 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2005-06-15 0:53 ` Daniel Brockman
2005-06-15 22:13 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2005-06-14 19:52 ` Nic Ferrier
2005-06-15 18:34 ` Kevin Rodgers
2005-06-15 21:54 ` foo experimental account
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