Theiling Online    Sitemap    Conlang Mailing List HQ   

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

From:Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Date:Monday, March 17, 2003, 10:10
 --- Christophe Grandsire skrzypszy:

> > For non-anglophones, this refers to a cliche about people "turning > > over in their graves" if they could hear/see what was done with/to/by > > their, works, children, or what have you after their deaths. > > It's not an anglophone cliche only. The expression exists in France too ;)))
And in Dutch: "zich in zijn graf omdraaien". 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

Reply

John Cowan <cowan@...>