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Re: OT: Conlangea Dreaming

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Monday, October 9, 2000, 3:51
>On Sun, 8 Oct 2000, Adrian Morgan wrote: > >> My date of birth (last two digits of) equals my waist measurement in >> centimetres. >
And Irina wrote:
>I wish that were true for me... However, I was born in 1958 and I >don't think I'd like to be anorexic.
And you wouldn't want that to be inches, either!! Oddly, my birthdate (34) and waist size in inches do coincide. BTW-- perhaps Boudewijn's idea that "stocky" meant thin/skinny was based on a false analogy with Dutch _stok_: **stokk-ig ?stick-like? I've made similar mistakes forming English words on the basis of Dutch forms (whether real or false cognates). (That is, until I finally check the dictionary) ;-))