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From: smryan@netcom.com (S M Ryan)
Subject: Re: Discard Religious Relics in Language?
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Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 03:06:22 GMT
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: 	This brings to mind something I've often wondered: how did 
: English (and other Germanic languages?) and French (and other Romance 
: languages?) come to use similar the same type of God for the days of 

French came from Latin. Germanic came from translated Latin. Latin of
pagan era.
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