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Venona Wickstrom
Mar 28, 2004, 11:11:35 AM3/28/04
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I read somewhere American are remvoing "S" from Island and It would be like
"Iland". The reason seems to be that Island is a discriminating word and
it's an insult to people of Iceland and beside who pronounce I"s"land
anyway..
"Iland". The reason seems to be that Island is a discriminating word and
it's an insult to people of Iceland and beside who pronounce I"s"land
anyway..
I dunno If they were kidding.
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John Hall
Mar 28, 2004, 1:10:39 PM3/28/04
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In article <c46td8$2dpr9b$1...@ID-211543.news.uni-berlin.de>,I hope so, as it sounds like nonsense to me.
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John Hall "[It was] so steep that at intervals the street broke into steps,
like a person breaking into giggles or hiccups, and then resumed
its sober climb, until it had another fit of steps."
Ursula K Le Guin "The Beginning Place"
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John Hall "[It was] so steep that at intervals the street broke into steps,
like a person breaking into giggles or hiccups, and then resumed
its sober climb, until it had another fit of steps."
Ursula K Le Guin "The Beginning Place"
David Picton
Apr 2, 2004, 7:38:49 AM4/2/04
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Venona Wickstrom <keltische...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<c46td8$2dpr9b$1...@ID-211543.news.uni-berlin.de>...
It does sound rather like an April Fool joke ...
On the other hand, it would be possible to make a case for taking the
's' out of 'island' According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary,
'island' derives from the Old English 'iegland' so the 's' doesn't
really belong. It was borrowed from the word 'isle' which has a
completely different origin: the Latin 'insula'.
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