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Is it NeanderTHals or NeanderTals??Ewald Pfau (ehp@ear.co.at)Mon, 05 Dec 1994 21:28:00
MRB> I grew up with the term 'Neanderthal', but lately I seen
MRB> Well, which is it?
German writing has changed in the course of about 100 years. In old
It is understood, but in active writing in everyday sense, "Tal" is used
In reading it gives (just) a bit of that notion, "take time to pronounce
In living at a place of which the name ends on "Tal", I am quite often
So you're better off to take "Neandertal" since this is not referring to
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