On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:16:57 +0100
Liam Proven wrote:

> > Edgy Eft. Edgy, damned right it was. WTF is an Eft?
> 
> A small newt. I thought everyone knew that.
> 
> By the way, "an eft" became "an ewt" during one of English's many
> upheavals, then "an ewt" became a "a newt", in a reversal of the way
> that "a nadder" became "an adder" and "a napron" became "an apron".

My favourite is "a norange" -> "an orange". :)

Grant.

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