Re: Intro and other

Gregory Gadow wrote:
>
> My name is Gregg and I'm a conlang addict....
>
> I've subscribed to this list before (last time about a year and a  half
ago),
> so hi again to people I know. Kind of surprising to come back and  get,
first
> thing, several messages with the word "blowjobs" in the subject.  Sounds
like
> I've been missing out.
Yes, that was a thread I started about how difficult it can be to
distinguish word classes in some languages. The traditional example in Dutch
"Heb jij leren pijpen", for those who missed it, can be translated as "Do
you have leather pant legs? " or as "Have you learnt how to give blowjobs?",
depending on how the word classes are defined. For some reason, the thread
stayed under that title for quite a while, even though it was about
something completely different by that time.

Maarten