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Laughing Best, was: English syllable structure (was...)

From:Vasiliy Chernov <bc_@...>
Date:Thursday, December 20, 2001, 20:32
Just figured out that the word order is probably the reverse:

Flaighind best, flaighind lest.

On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 11:35:18 -0500, I wrote:

>Hey... It seems it rhymes in Kench! > >Flaighind lest, flaighind best. > >lit. "laughing last, laughing best". Sounds elliptical in Kench, too. > >A new relay? > > >Basilius > > > >On Sat, 15 Dec 2001 23:55:34 -0500, John Cowan <cowan@...> >wrote: > >>Almaran Dungeonmaster scripsit: >> >>> "Wie het laatst lacht, lacht het best" as we say in Dutch... I guess I >just >>> keep laughing. >> >>In English, too: he who laughs last laughs best. >> >>-- >>John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
cowan@ccil.org
>>Please leave your values | Check your assumptions. In fact, >> at the front desk. | check your assumptions at the >door. >> --sign in Paris hotel | --Miles Vorkosigan

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