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During lunch with my German colleagues today the following question arose: why is it that English has adopted a German ... a particular breed of long-bodied, short-legged German dogs, when German itself does not use this word for the same breed?
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sebastian koppehel
6 yr 30 days ago
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Greetings. During lunch with my German colleagues today the following question arose: why is it that English has adopted a German word, "Dachshund" (lit. "badger dog"), to refer to a particular breed of long-bodied,
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tristan miller
6 yr 30 days ago
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) I'm tentatively describing that as "tense a" rather than "ah": ... that have a split short-a system have their tense /& ^/. By Jove, I think you're right! Well, or at least it's a proper subset of that /&
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aaron j. dinkin
6 yr 31 days ago
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What about "spa" and "starry"? (The question was addressed to me, I think, and asking what vowels I use.) In 'starry' I use /A/; I'll have to catch myself saying "spa" naturally some time and let you know.
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aaron j. dinkin
6 yr 32 days ago
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What about "spa" and "starry"? (The question was addressed to me, I think, and asking what vowels I use.) In 'starry' I use /A/; I'll have to catch myself saying "spa" naturally some time and let you know.
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michael hamm
6 yr 32 days ago
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