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

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From: Kurt Swanson
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 00:00

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Marc Bonnaud <mbonnaud@francenet.fr> writes:
> colin@colina.demon.co.uk (Colin Paul Adams) wrote:
> >>>>>> "Kurt" == Kurt Swanson <kurt@dna.lth.se> writes:
> >>> - where I, as a french speaker, make the difference between a
> >>> "fleuve " and a "rivi�re", the english-speaking person will
> >>> only see a "river"
   
> >Kurt> English has many words for moving bodies of water: stream,
> >Kurt> brook, creek, rivulet, ...

> >burn, beck, ghyll ...

> >carry on somebody.

> Of course we too have "torrent", "ruisseau", etc...
> but you failed ( by ignorance ) to get my point there

You failed, by incompetence, to express it.

> there is a significant difference between rivi�re and fleuve, since
> the latter pours into the sea while the former pours into a rivi�re
> or a fleuve. A difference which does not exist in english. 

Look up "tributary" in any English dictionary.  Or you could just
respond with another smart-ass remark, only digging your own hole
deeper...
--
Kurt Swanson, Department of Computer Science, Lund University.
Kurt.Swanson@dna.lth.se (http://www.dna.lth.se/home/kurt/)

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From: kurt@dna.lth.se (Kurt Swanson)
Subject: Re: English river names (was: EU's language policy)
Date: 1996/02/12
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