Re: OT: passport languages

Quoting David Barrow <davidab@...>:

> Andreas Johansson wrote:
>
> >Quoting David Barrow <davidab@...>:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Jan van Steenbergen wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>--- Andreas Johansson skrzypszy:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>>>Is anyone advocating Dutch as official language?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>Waarom niet? Maar zeg me eens: hoeveel engelstalige personen zijn er
> voor
> >>>>>elke nederlandstalig in de VS?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>"Why not? But tell me one thing: how many English-speaking people are
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>there
> >>
> >>
> >>>>for each Dutch-speaking in the US?"
> >>>>
> >>>>Corrections are solicited.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>It's correct!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>For each Dutch-speaking person or each Dutch-speaking one
> >>
> >>adjectives need their nouns or pronouns in *Standard English when used
> >>attributively
> >>
> >>* Of course dialects may vary and even Standard speakers may not always
> >>stick to the rules :-)
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Is the misplacement of that asterisk intentional?
> >
> >
>
> What do you mean? Where should it go?
Asterisks meant to indicate footnote usually go behind stuff - one'd
expect "... in Standard English* when ...". A prefixed asterisk, in
linguistics contexts, usually indicates an unattested form - I was wondering
where you were pulling some sort of joke re: the existence of a "Standard"
English.

                                                Andreas

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