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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Lentils and lenses
The German word
Linse
means both "lentil" (as in the legume) and "lens" (like in a camera).
The French word
lentille
means both "lentil" and "lens" as well.
But English has two different words and they don't overlap at all!!!
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Lorraine
August 31, 2012 10:44 pm
But they are cognates.
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But they are cognates.
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