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From: "Chris Dickinson" <>
Subject: Re: Nephew double meaning
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:06:05 +0000 (UTC)
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Will Johnson wrote:

>"Chris Dickinson" <> wrote in message
>news:btuhaj$dd4$1@titan.btinternet.com...
<snip>
>> Um well, if any editor of the OED is reading this, here is an instance of
>> nephew being used to mean niece in 1682, about one hundred years later:
<snip>
>Chris, you can actually submit such evidence to the OED, they encourage it,
>see these pages:
<snip>


Thanks for that. Maybe I will get myself organised and do so :-)

Chris



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