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On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 05:25:22PM -0800, Barry Garcia wrote: Hi, Barry. I was wondering what the etymology of a few of your conjunctions is. I know they're close to Spanish, but I'm mystified as to where they came from in Spanish: > pero /pero/ - but (not nearly as popular in usage as mas) (Actually, I've read this comes from <per hoc>, but how/why that would mean "but" I don't know) > sino /sino/ - but, rather, except > pol /pol/ - for > **pora que /pora ke/ - so that ^ Is <pora> a conjunction of pol + a, or something separate? And is it pretty much like <para> in Spanish? (And where did <para> come from?) -- Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo