Re: CHAT: F.L.O.E.S.

--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Jake X <starvingpoet@P...> wrote:

> > Only if you spell it wrong - Jacke[jak@].
> That's true.  But I don't think about spelling
> when I'm speaking, and whenever I speak german
> I seem to want to introduce myself as Jacke Schneider,
> Germanifying my name to the utter hilarity of
> my listeners.  I've never actually succumed to the
> temptation, though.
Of course, the real German word for jacket tailor
would be "Jackenschneider".  But you'd get your
laughs nonetheless.  ;-D


-- Christian Thalmann