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Re:The lost letters of the English alphabet by Symbiote on Monday January 16, 2017 @08:20AM (#13409788)
> Skin: shin never heard this said, GooTranslate gives "full" but "full" is "hel" in Norwegian

skinn in Norwegian, or skind in Danish.

> skill

Seems obsolete, I've only vaguely aware of this usage, and I'm a native speaker: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/skill#Etymology_1

> skull

There's a skalli in Danish: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/skalle

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Re:The lost letters of the English alphabet by kagamine on Monday January 16, 2017 @08:28AM (#13409825)
skill is not obsolete and is heard in everyday speaking as in "å skille ut".
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Re:The lost letters of the English alphabet by Symbiote on Monday January 16, 2017 @12:39PM (#13411492)
I meant it was obsolete in English.
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