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		Symbiote on Jan 16, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The lost letters of the English alphabet > 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

kagamine on Jan 16, 2017 [–]

skill is not obsolete and is heard in everyday speaking as in "å skille ut".

Symbiote on Jan 16, 2017 | [–]

I meant it was obsolete in English.

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