Re: s-stems in Slavic and Germanic

At 6:53:45 PM on Sunday, February 15, 2009, Andrew Jarrette
wrote:

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> But how did you know there was a Scottish connection?

I don't know where Torsten got it, but Mirren mentions it in
her MySpace profile.

> Where did you get that from? Just from Joan's accent?
> Also, what does "niks aan te doen" mean?

I believe that it's 'it can't be helped', cf. English
'there's nothing to be done about it'.

Brian