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

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From: Colin Paul Adams
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 00:00

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>>>>> "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.
-- 
Colin Paul Adams
Preston, Lancashire, England
colin@colina.demon.co.uk

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From: colin@colina.demon.co.uk (Colin Paul Adams)
Subject: Re: English river names (was: EU's language policy)
Date: 1996/02/11
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