Yoël wrote:

>What a linguistic poverty that we lack a word of Todestag
>in our English. Perhaps in view of Handel's natal tongue,
>we can so commemorate this day with that fine word.
>Or we could try Yiddish yortsayt:-)

In Swedish we say "dödsdag". Why is it impossible to say
"deathday" in English, when you can say "birthday"?

Fredrik Fernbom

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