Thread: Idiom formation via transliteration
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Old 04-Jan-2008, 18:25
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Default Re: Idiom formation via transliteration
Sadly this is one of those traps that people interested in etymology fall into. An interesting idea which will not in the end stand intense scrutiny.
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