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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: Sigvald
Grøsfjeld jr. <<A
href="mailto:sigvald4@yahoo.no">sigvald4@yahoo.no</A>><BR>To: <<A
href="mailto:Jussi.Mantere@iki.fi">Jussi.Mantere@iki.fi</A>><BR><BR>> In
Norwegian we say "badstue".<BR>><BR>> Best regards from<BR>> Sigvald
:-)<BR>><BR><BR>Meaning "Small house or room for bathing". In Swedish
"Bastu", short of<BR>"Badstuga" meaning the same as in Norse.<BR><BR>We can go
on like this for yeras. All thouse words borrowed from one<BR>language to an
other.<BR><BR>I don't understand a word of Dutch but find it possibly to read a
Dutch<BR>newspaper. Most words are related to German, English, French or even
Swedish<BR>(from the Wallon language?) and (I think) I understand
it.<BR><BR>/Michael<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>