Bj”rn Forsstr”m (2:203/614.61) wrote to Steven Horn at 17:33 on 23 Sep 2004:

 BF> A l milk cost about $1 here.

Not far off that here.

 BF> But there is still not much to buy except clothes.

How long does it take to transform a command-driven economy into the mixed
economy we benefit from?  Longer than we think, I suspect.

 BF> The word didn't exist in my Eng-Swe dictionary and I know I'm a
 BF> lousy speller but I'm trying though...

You probably spelled it with two "BBs". :-)  As for
"slaughter", it is directly traceable to the Old Norse
"slahtr".  The English borrow words from everywhere.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven.horn{at}gmail.com)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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