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Re: Word Up!

From:BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Wednesday, July 26, 2000, 9:29
At 03:46 12.7.2000 -0700, Danny Wier wrote:

>Anybody relate? Conlang examples?
OK, this is from the backlog, *really*. I just wanted to point out that the Scandinavian lgs (unlike German and Dutch) do this too. Interestingly the idioms of English and Scand. are seldom the same -- except for late anglicisms! /BP 8^)> -- B.Philip Jonsson mailto:bpX@netg.se mailto:melrochX@mail.com (delete X) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Truth, Sir, is a cow which will give [skeptics] no more milk, and so they are gone to milk the bull." -- Sam. Johnson (no rel. ;)