Re: [xml-dev] German lesson

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John Cowan <>
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Re: [xml-dev] German lesson

On 2017-04-06 23:26, Hans-Juergen Rennau wrote:

Wort - word
Wert - value

Notice how a slight shift of vowel turns word into value and turns value into word, and remember that in the beginning was the Word.

In English it's "word" vs. "worth" (although we don't use "worth" as a technical term), and so the difference is in the final consonant. 

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