Alain Pannetier

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Are German words starting with the letter 'p' really of foreign origin?

history loanwords asked Jun 17, 2011 at 22:52

german.stackexchange.com

19 votes

Why are "an" and "en" pronounced the same? Pourquoi « an » et « en » ont-ils la même prononciation ?

tymologie prononciation histoire phonetique asked Aug 19, 2011 at 10:40

french.stackexchange.com

16 votes

Origin of "Rob Peter to pay Paul" and "Déshabiller Pierre pour habiller Paul"

expressions tymologie anglais asked Aug 29, 2011 at 10:44

french.stackexchange.com

14 votes

Etymology of the word "broker"

etymology idiom-requests finance asked Mar 20, 2011 at 22:30

english.stackexchange.com

14 votes

Meaning of Mann as a tribe rather than a male individual

etymology history obsolete-words asked Jun 7, 2011 at 12:02

german.stackexchange.com

14 votes

Do the noun 'Reich' and the adjective 'reich' have a common origin?

etymology history asked Jun 17, 2011 at 19:55

german.stackexchange.com

11 votes

Evolution of the meaning of "to dwell"

etymology history language-evolution old-english asked Apr 13, 2011 at 14:44

english.stackexchange.com

11 votes

TTF font for LEGO bricks

storage asked Apr 7, 2012 at 13:49

bricks.stackexchange.com

11 votes

Left (ひだり) and right (みぎ) as cardinal directions

etymology history asked Sep 8, 2011 at 16:32

japanese.stackexchange.com

10 votes

Asymmetric Normal Probability Distribution

probability normal-distribution asked Aug 31, 2012 at 11:38

math.stackexchange.com

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