Re: Icelandic/Old Norse -kk- suffix

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 68451
Date: 2012-01-31

At 12:50:01 PM on Monday, January 30, 2012, Torsten wrote:

> I found this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusker#Etymology
> by accident recently. Shows the strange twists and turns
> of loans. Also strengthened my suspicion that some words
> and expressions arrived from Danish in American English
> with computer scientists in the 1970-80's ('at uni' "in my
> university")

Where have you found 'at uni' in normal U.S. usage? It's a
distinctively British (and international) usage.

Brian