From: Haukur Þorgeirsson
Message: 7484
Date: 2006-10-31
> Aha, many autumns -- the autumnal motherlode!
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> að hausti, x 50 000
> um haustið, x 26 000
> á hausti, x 741
> um haust, x 520
> að haustinu, x 383
> á haustinu, x 287
> í haustinu, x 113
> í hausti, x 106
> um hausti, x 39
> haustið í gegnum, x 1 of 17
> í gegnum haustið, x 1 of 8
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> (No examples of those last two without the article.) Hmm, I think I
> just found a new and disturbing numerical-seasonal hobby. Any hints
> about different shades of meaning?
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> --- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, Haukur Þorgeirsson <haukurth@...>
> wrote:
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>> > I got 50 500 hits for 'að hausti', 741 'á hausti', 106 í
>> > 'hausti', and just 39 for 'um hausti'.
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>> Also try 'um haust' and 'um haustið'.
>>
>> Kveðja,
>> Haukur
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