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Re: OT: What? the clean-shaven outnumber the bearded? "Yer Ugly Mug," etc.

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Monday, May 19, 2003, 20:10
Hi!

Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> writes:
>... > Hm, you're not exactly the first person I've heard who've felt so about > expressions like "my girlfriend", altho I've got some difficulty grasping the > concept - why should "my girlfriend" be more possessory than "my friend"* > or "my brother" or "my enemy"? (I do assume you don't claim ownership of any > personal enemies you might have!)
Aha! So a conlang urgently needs a syntactical difference between genitive and possessive. *making notes for next project* **Henrik

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Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>What? the clean-shaven outnumber the bearded? "YerUgly Mug," etc.