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Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:35:49 -0400
From: John W Kennedy <jwke...@attglobal.net>
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Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> There are *some* sneaky connections between words in _LotR_
> and words in our linguistic inventory.  For instance _craban_
> (plural _crebain_), "crow", is cognate with Latin _corvus_,
> Greek _korax_ and (by Grimm's Law) English "raven."

And Scots (and Zorkish) "Corbie".

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John W. Kennedy
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