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Subject: [OM] Return to the Latin (was many other things ...)
From: Barks <cmib@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 18:25:24 +0000
The funny thing is that the Americans, without realizing it, re-established the
way the word, which originates from Latin, was written. I think the way the
English write it reflects the way the French pronounce it.

Latin: color
French: couleur
English: colour
American: color
Dutch: kleur (this is pronounced exactly as in French, but skips the first vowel)
German: Farbe   :-0

H@nz

I hate to admit it Hanz but you may have a point there.

Chris

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Chris Barker
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