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--- Peter Collier <petecollier@hidden.email> wrote: > > The English cognate is Knave, of course. I don't think > we really use that word anymore, other than as > alternative to 'Jack' in playing cards? Pretty > archaic. I hear it occasionally, and not just in Robin Hood type movies. Always in the mildly insulting sense. I'd rank it up there with "rogue" and a little less than "bastard". Padraic > > Anyway, I'm drifting OT. > > > PMC > > --- "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@hidden.email> wrote: > > > Knabe, eh? Funny, I don't recall that word from > > German class. > > Obviously the source for E-o knabo.. > > > > > > -- Samlan, isa-susansilo-war-mercumo crastandus, en! mercumes-don-cr�gamando, en! mercumes-dom-resmanstaro haccru�en-fon-Mursilb�m! And now, the corpse lies limp, lo! even the body of strength, lo! even the body of Mursilb�m that slew the monster! [Erronian fragment] -- Ill Bethisad -- <http://www.bethisad.com> Come visit The World! -- <http://www.geocities.com/hawessos/> .