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Posted By: Kwirq, on host 24.66.226.149
Date: Sunday, July 25, 1999, at 10:21:41
In Reply To: Debut posted by Julian on Sunday, July 25, 1999, at 04:54:27:

> Greetings & Salutations to all.

Hi there, nice to meet you!

> In danish the meaning of "godt og vel" has changed from "a little bit less than" to "a little bit more than" in something like 50 years.

That sounds a lot like the word "peruse," which in theory means, or at least, used to mean, "to study attentively," but by common usage means "to examine cursorily."

I'm sure that there are many more examples of this than the one above, but that's the only one I'm familiar with.


Kw "My toes are cold, I'm going to go put some socks on" irq

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