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Re: Hird - was Re: concerning installation of hurd;request from Norway
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Thomas Bushnell, BSG |
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Re: Hird - was Re: concerning installation of hurd;request from Norway |
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18 Oct 2002 23:48:16 -0700 |
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Guy Bormann <spaderada@wanadoo.be> writes:
> In Dutch (incl. Flemish), we have "een horde" which is a group of
> wild animals or a large gang of looting soldiers or 'barbarians' (as
> in "horden Hunnen trokken plunderend door Europa"). Actually, the
> English translation I found in a pocket dictionary is also "horde"
> so I'm not sure anymore if it is related.
Yeah, "horde" is an ordinary English word, with a clearly close
meaning to the Dutch word there, and a totally different etymology
from English "hird".
> So, please enlighten me, what was originally meant in naming the Hurd?
Like I said, the idea was to have a name which sounded the same as
"herd", but with a different spelling. In the normal rules of English
orthography, "hurd", "hird", and "herd" are all pronounced the same.
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