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Re: New Words

From:Robert Wilson <han_solo55@...>
Date:Friday, October 31, 2003, 22:00
kire rikota-rikoriko-takota tamomori-takota-rikoriko nu GMT moseko nu e
"Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> ko (i've been wanting to translate
something with lots of numbers...):
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 07:11:40AM -0800, Costentin Cornomorus wrote: > > > > I hate using apostrophes in inappropriate places. > > Dialects that have -in for -ing have nót dropped > > a letter. > > Yes, they have. They've droped the -g. :)
no, they haven't. iirc, -in comes from the old english gerund ending, while -ing comes from the participle ending. some dialects generalized one, others generalized the other.
> -Mark
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