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Re: THEORY nouns and cases (was: Verbs derived from noun cases)

From:Philippe Caquant <herodote92@...>
Date:Thursday, April 29, 2004, 10:28
Reminds me of a nasty Russian joke about Chuktches:

Question: How do Chuktche toilets look like ?

Answer: Two sticks. The first one to keep balance, the
secund one to keep wolves away.

Well, I TOLD you it was a nasty one. Dear Chuktche
conlangers, I'll slap my face myself.

--- jcowan@REUTERSHEALTH.COM wrote:
[snip]

> American black bear: It's starving. Fight back at > all costs, using > whatever is handy: sticks, stones, etc. > > Polar bear: Don't worry about it. You *will* be > killed and eaten.
===== Philippe Caquant "High thoughts must have high language." (Aristophanes, Frogs) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover