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.