Re: Slavic - Slavonic (was: Ural-Altaic)
- From: Joachim Pense <spam-collector@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 17:07:34 +0200
Eugene Holman:
> In article <dcjecu$s32$05$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, spam-snob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
>
>> Eugene Holman:
>>
>> >
>> > Incorrect. In English the language is correctly referred to as Liv OR
>> > Livonian [see below], just as we can say that Russian is a Slavic OR a
>> > Slavonic language. Your form "Liiv" is not in general use.
>> >
>>
>> Quick question: What's the difference between Slavic and Slavonic? I
>> thought these were synonyms.
>
> Thewy are. American usage prefers *Slavic*, British *Slavonic*, cf. the
> difference between *Samstag* and *Sonnabend* in German.
>
OK, thanks. Now I got the point of your "OR".
Joachim
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