Re: Question about German

Hi!

Irina Rempt <ira@...> writes:
> On Wed, 16 May 2001, Henrik Theiling wrote:
>
> > I think in Dutch, these are avoided, however.  I was told that
> > `helder + (d)er' is not permitted to result in *`helderder', but
> > instead, `lichter' seems to be used.  The former would be
> > considered children's language.
>
> Who told you that, and why? It's not true.
Hmm, students in Groningen told me when I actually said it. :-)

So you would, like in the German example, also judge `helderder'
perfectly ok?

**Henrik

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