Re: Some help with Latin
| From: | Benct Philip Jonsson <conlang@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, October 5, 2007, 9:47 |
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On 2007-10-04 caeruleancentaur wrote:
> The AHD doesn't give "brunch" as a verb. I think it's time we
> started
> using it in that way!
>
I've certainly heard it on TV. I say shuck the AHD
and start listening to the language users, including
your intuitions if you are an L1 user.
I guess my new sig is extremely fitting here...
/BP 8^)>
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Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch atte melroch dotte se
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"C'est en vain que nos Josués littéraires crient
à la langue de s'arrêter; les langues ni le soleil
ne s'arrêtent plus. Le jour où elles se *fixent*,
c'est qu'elles meurent." (Victor Hugo)
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