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Re: OT: Composing (jara: My girlfriend is a conlanger!)

From:Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Date:Monday, March 17, 2003, 21:44
 --- Andreas Johansson skrzypszy:

> We have that one in Swedish too. There's also a strengthened/jokified version > about "rotating" or "spinning" in their graves, which perhaps you've got in > English too? Also, we often speak as if they were really seeing/hearing and > therefore turning over/spinning.
LOL. No, unfortunately we don't have this modification in Dutch. But I like the idea. It's time that we introduce it here... It's never too late!
> For some reason, I've lately heard alot of comments of old communist leaders > spinning in their graves, include about that they could supply Moscow's > electrictiy grid by attaching a generator to Stalin, since he certainly must > be spinning really quickly seeing what you get away with in Russia today > without even being sent to Magadan for 20 years.
Hehe. He would really be spinning out of his coffin if he knew that "capitalism" has become some sort of sacret words for many Russians... Jan ===== "Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

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