On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 20:33:41 +0800 John Summerfield <deb...@herakles.homelinux.org> wrote:
> Agblad Tore wrote: > > Funny this thing with words. The word stool meaning chair in english, you > > know > > the swedish word for chair is 'stol' ! > > Don't imagine that "stool" means "chair" in modern English. One sits on > either, but a stool has no back and is used less formally. Perfectly > consistent with Erik's observation. English tends to import lots of words with the same meaning and assign specific meanings to each (hence also Chair from the latin Cathedra as well as stool and seat from the old Germanic/Frisian roots) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
