Re: Conlang-to-body-shape connections
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 22:46 |
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On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 03:30:07PM -0500, Douglas Koller, Latin & French wrote:
> H.S writes:
>
> >I am 6'4" (that's about 2m I think, I can never figure that part out), and
> >about 160lb (sorry, no idea how many kg that is), which is way underweight
> >for my height.
>
> Man, does, like, anyone feed you?! Do you have the metabolism of a
> chinchilla? :)
I eat quite a fair amount, but it all seems to go into the vertical rather
than the horizontal. At least, that's my excuse. Another favorite excuse
(or joke) is that I'm so tall my stomach is infinitely long, so all food
just disappears into it without a trace. :-)
[snip]
> (the old joke about German: "Why aren't you translating?" "I'm waiting
> for the verb.").
LOL... just think if the translator was translating into a VSO language...
:-)
T
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Without geometry, life would be pointless. -- VS
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