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Re: "Each Other"

From:Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
Date:Thursday, January 22, 2004, 3:47
"Mark J. Reed" wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 09:03:36PM -0500, Rob Haden wrote: > > Hey, > > > > How do different languages (natural and artificial) handle the English > > expression "each other"? It seems to me that it's very idiomatic. > > Spanish (and presumably the other Romance languages) use the reflexive > pronoun for this, so "they see each other" is literally rendered as > "they see themselves"; the combination reflexive + plural is understood > to mean "each sees the other" rather than "each sees him/herself".
I've always wondered, how do you specify the reflexive meaning if needed? How would you describe a situation where, say, a group of people each, individually, look in a mirror? -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42

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