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Re: OT: libraries (was Re: dialectal diversity in English)

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Thursday, May 8, 2003, 16:23
Quoting Adam Walker <carrajena@...>:

> --- Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote: > > For public Swedish libraries, supporting > > interlibrary loans isn't optional. But > > they're not too enthusiastic about it sometimes. > > > > > > Andreas > > > That should be Swedish public libraries, shouldn't it? > Public Swedish libraries sounds like public libraries > (where ever they may be located) that specialize in/ > handle exclusively materials published in the Swedish > language. You don't really have seperate public > libraries for Swedish/Finnish/Lappish/Norwegian > speaking patrons do you? > > Swedish public libraries would mean public libraries > located in Sweden no matter what the publication > language of their materials.
Well, make that "Swedish public libraries" then.
> Are other languages as silly about the ordering of > adjectives as English?
In this particular instance, at least my 'lect of Swedish doesn't care in which order you put them. Andreas