Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 18:28:27 -0500

From: Beverly Flanigan FLANIGAN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU

Subject: Re: Rima's rule of thumb



Extension, as in Don Lance's example, is typical in language learner

speech. My mother, whose first language was Norwegian, heard the word

"travel" in school but also knew the Norwegian cognate meaning "walk."

So, when asked by the teacher one day how she got to school, my mother

answered, "I travelled." Needless to say, everyone laughed (but her).

The story became a family classic.