Re: Irregularity in human languages (was Re: irregular conlangs)
From: | Padraic Brown <pbrown@...> |
Date: | Sunday, October 3, 1999, 0:37 |
On Sat, 2 Oct 1999, Sally Caves wrote:
> Thomas R. Wier wrote:
>
> > Sally Caves wrote:
>
> > I was making no value judgments there, just what I hear. :)
>
> Oh I know that you weren't; I guess *I* was! I have a reputation
> to protect <G>. I hear a lot of colorful variations for this
> bodily function, and I think the verb in question is often
> euphemized by "to poop" (verb with weak ending), or... as I've
> heard it in the south, "to poo." Used as both noun and verb.
> Someone yell at us to get off this topic!
ENOUGH ALREADY CAVES! Both of you in here, RIGHT NOW! Get the soap and
water, mother; we've got two little potty mouths here in need of learning
a lesson! :D
Padraic.