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[Elliott A Moreton]

> > Ranjit:  "Punch" is already some kinda durn furrin word.  [Indeed.  
> > "Punch" as in brawl or awl goes back to Lat. _pungere_ and so is kin to 
> > _puncture_.  "Punch" as in the drink is thought to be through Hindi from 
> > Sanskrit pan~ca 'five', as in Punjab.  "Punch" as in Judy is short for 
> > Punchinello.  All furriners, all of them.] 
> 
> Foof.  If Latin & Sanskrit roots constitute furrin-ness, then ALL words
> is furrin.

Welllllll, Latin and Sanskrit may be Indo-European, but they *are* foreign 
languages, aren't they?  I guess you might make a case that English was 
forcibly married into the Romance subfamily and acquired Latin as an in-law, 
but Indo-Iranian?

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