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jonathan
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Location: Arnavutköy/Kurucesme
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Ze Germans might be right every now and then, but I doubt that "The" comes from "Se".
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Spine
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Location: Ankara, Capital of this Mighty Land
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And the OED finds these earliest uses of the word the:
805 Charter of Cuthred in O.E. Texts 442 Aethelnoth
se gerefa to Eastorege. c825 Vesp. Psalter ix. 25 Bismerath
dryhten se synfulla. c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Mark x. 24 Sae
[Rushw. the] haelend..cuoeth. c1000 Sax. Leechd. III.
84 Sa ruwa gealle byth wexenda on than innothe. Ibid., Se
blace gealle. a1154 O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1135, On
this gaere for se king Henri ouer sae. a1175 Cotton Hom.
235 This is seo king. c1250 O. Kent. Serm. in O.E. Misc.
26 Se king of gyus. [1340 Ayenb. 117 Ze thet ne heth thise
uondinges.]Abnormal uses of se in oblique cases, and of sa
pl., ses gen. sing. (In some of these, s may be a scribal
error for th.)
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utabe
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Joined: Thu, Mar 01 2007, 18:07 PM
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Location: Istanbul
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....until onthe upon a time thome Englishman came along who mikthed up se th and s, and sere we had se dithathter.....
I'm thorry, but you guyth will now have to change your nameth, Se Thnob & Se Othgur.
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Jonny
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Quote: ....until onthe upon a time thome Englishman came along who mikthed up se th and s, and sere we had se dithathter.....
I'm thorry, but you guyth will now have to change your nameth, Se Thnob & Se Othgur.  It's official - Germans do have a good sense of humour Classic Uta!
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The Snob
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Laughing smiley. I can't lower myself to actually insert the yellow creature.
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utabe
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Oh, Se Thnob. I'm thtill in love wis you.....and I want to kith you.
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Coach4Expat
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Joined: Fri, Jul 13 2007, 15:16 PM
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Location: Istanbul
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Dear 'The Snob', welcome to the jungle 
I loved your explanation intro,
I even loved more the explanation of "the" ))
How about the 'used condition' going?
Enjoy Istanbul
Deniz
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