Re: YAPT: Dutch ij and ui

Andreas Johansson wrote:

>Quoting Tristan Mc Leay <kesuari@...>:
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>>Because you can go to another country in a day! Having a one-day
>>excursion to another country from Australia would be a tiring task and
>>would involve lots of airport and not much country.
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>When my parents visited last weekend, we made a one-day trip to the Netherlands
>_and_ to Belgium. Don't waste your hate on the small offenders!
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I have an unlimited supply of hate. You may be hated in parallel
(simultaneously), too. You may also be hated in proportion to the amount
you offend me if this is more convenient for you, but in general I
prefer to allocate a single portion of hate to each offender (which
lasts until the start of the conversation and then expires, as I'm
rarely capable of keeping grudges even when I want to) as this is
simpler in the books.

>>'Hate' is such a harsh word that I have no idea of what concept it
>>expresses. Rather than letting a perfectly useable word go to waste, I*
>>have re-applied it as a euphamism for something that is normally
>>expressed using words like 'jealous' or 'envious' but isn't quite that.
>>It's always clear what it means in person because it's said with a happy
>>tone of voice but English doesn't have written tones of voice... Please
>>do not feel offended, I wouldn't hate anyone I didn't like!
>>
>>*: I didn't do it consciously. I have no idea whether it's common or if
>>I invented it or something else, but I do it and it normally doesn't
>>cause misunderstanding, so I keep doing it.
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>I've been familiar with the usage for long as I can remember. I figure it must
>be pretty widespread.
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Relieving, I was getting a bit worried that people thought I might be crazy.

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