Re: a lemma

Subject: Re: a lemma
From: H Sargan <ercn81 -at- FESTIVAL -dot- ED -dot- AC -dot- UK>
Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 09:02:09 GMT

Mark Levinson <mark -at- crabapple -dot- ucc -dot- okstate -dot- edu> writes:

> At least in English, "lemma" is a funny word but "lemna" would stop
> anyone cold; unlike "dilemna," it invites the "n" to be pronounced.

Lemna is a kind of waterweed. If you know that the problem seems an odd
one!

Helen Sargan
Edinburgh, UK


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