Re: German Letter in the English Language!?
- From: David <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:35:11 +0000 (UTC)
In article <dida8i$4f6$1$8300dec7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Nick Wagg
<naw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Ben Shimmin" <bas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:slrn.2005-10-09.23-33-51@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > I haven't the faintest idea what it (or any of this) means, but the
> > word `tweeklank' sounds marvellous.
> In the typically prosaic fashion of the Dutch, "tweeklank" neither
> sounds as pretty (or prissy) as an English-speaking person might
> expect, nor means anything more exciting than two-sound.
Sounds like most Dutch to me: twee for a while, then clank!
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