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Re: English river names (was: EU's language policy)

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From: Anton Sherwood
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 00:00
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Marc Bonnaud  <mbonnaud@francenet.fr> says:

:	. . . English has definitely no word to
: designate only rivers that pour into the sea.

Does "estuary" count?
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From: dasher@netcom.com (Anton Sherwood)
Subject: Re: English river names (was: EU's language policy)
Date: 1996/02/17
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