"M. Malmkvist" wrote:
>
> >At 00:16 12-07-2002 +0200, M. Malmkvist wrote:
>
> >>Although I have nowhere near the anciennity (gee does that word really
> >>exist?)[haven't been on the list as long as] you have
>
> >I certainly have never seen that word before. I do know what you mean,
> >though. Euroglot gives "seniority" as the appropriate word for what you are
> >talking about.
>
> - You're right "seniority" sounds much better. All you on the list please
> tolerate my occational "Danification" of the English language. I do consider
> myself quite an explorer unto the English tongue. Feel free to correct me
> when you see a word or a phrase that doesn't exist. Possibly that could also
> spark off some interesting discussions on this list (and we need them).
OK, I'll take that as an invitation to help you find the right English
word next time. I don't mind non-native speakers of English inventing
English words to make their point when they don't know the English word,
especially if they identify it as some sort of a guess at a possible
English word. And I'm used to getting the meaning of a word from
context and roots and other clues, so as far as I know without my
dictionary, that word *could* exist, and it doesn't bother me as I'm
reading.
Julia
