Re: Umlauts (was Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad)

En réponse à Jan van Steenbergen :


>Haha, in Dutch that would be: "burgemeesteres". No, that definitely sounds
>as if she was involved in some kind of SM activity!
For me, "burgemeester" already involves SM activities :)) .


>That sounds véry peculiar to me. No, I'm afraid I disgree.
Then you didn't see all the job propositions I read having "secretaresse 
(m/v)" in the description (and I've heard various men describing themselves 
as "secretaresse" (and they weren't gay!)). For non-Dutch-speaking people, 
(m/v) means "(man/vrouw)": (man/woman). It's a simple way to say that sex 
is irrelevant in the job proposal. If "secretaresse" was really still only 
feminine, such a formula wouldn't be used.

Christophe Grandsire.

http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.