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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (6540)	1/22/1998 2:26:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Respond to of 71178

These are cute Message 3231878

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (6540)	1/22/1998 6:39:00 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

Oh Alex-I saw your request-but I know of no terms to add, having tried hard NOT to pay attention to them. I'm curious what exactly your friend is writing and why he chose this particular subject. It's a curious choice, I think! Is it personal or for academic reasons? About your Webster-well--gosh-I'm sooo sorry- (hahahahahahahahahahahaha)

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (6540)	1/22/1998 6:57:00 PM
From: Thomas C. White	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Wayyall, actually, the word motiv may be the only German word that ends in the letter "v". I can't think of any others, and I don't think there's a dictionary you can buy that lists words by their last letter. It's a German bastardization of the French motif and very unusual; normally the opposite letter replacement would in fact prevail. That is, normally any foreign word that ends in the letter "v" is correctly "Teutonicized" by changing the "v" to "f" or double "f". For example, practically any Russian name is changed in spelling to "ff" -- Petrov (a common Russian name) becomes Petroff. No German etymologists have been able to figure out why the motiv spelling has continued to exist. I really doubt that you wanted to hear about this, but too bad.