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``Re: linguistic whine'' by pahio on 2007-03-16 13:44:15
> But the very mixed parentage of English is
> just as plausible an explanation for this confusion.

The Russian is not so mixed language as the English, but the situation is similar: "pole" (i.e. \cyrp\cyro\cyrl\cyre) is used both for 'champs' and 'corps'.
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