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From: "Isabelle Cecchini" <>
Subject: Re: counties; was Interesting children
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 12:17:33 +0200
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John Holmes a écrit dans news:be1eqr$68to$1@ID-199540.news.dfncis.de
> Padraig Breathnach wrote:
>> "Linz" <> wrote:
>>> "Dave Mayall" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> Padraig Breathnach wrote:
>>>>> "Adrian Bailey" <> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> "Saesneg" means "English".
>>>>>>
>>>>> "Saxon", I think.
>>>>
>>>> In modern Welsh it means "English"
>>>
>>> And is, I believe, related to "sassenach".
>>>
>> Or even "sasanach" (not a correction: Scots and Irish Gaelic are
>> similar, but not identical). Both words also originally referred to
>> Saxons.
>
> Or even sarsnek in Cornish. I wonder what the Breton word is.

"Saoz", plural "saozon". "Saozneg" is the English language.
Breton-French and French-Breton dictionary here:
http://www.bretons.org/dico.cgi
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Isabelle Cecchini

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