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Re: trans: ugliness and sobriety

From:Bjorn Kristinsson <bjornkri@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 4, 2001, 19:18
> "I may be drunk, but tommorow I shall be sober, and you will > still be ugly. "
Icelandic. "Kannski er ég full(ur), en á morgun verð ég edrú, og þú verður ennþá ljót(ur)." Lit. "Maybe am I drunk, but to morrow will-be I sober, and you will-be still ugly" If you omit the (ur), you get the feminine word, with the -ur you get the masculine form.