Re: [romconlang] -able
| From: | Lars Finsen <lars.finsen@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 22:25 |
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Den 15. apr. 2008 kl. 22.18 skrev David J. Peterson:
> Notice that these differ from traditional shovels in that they
> usually have a long, flat bill. They're kind of used for precision
> shoveling, as opposed to mass dirt-clearing shoveling (for
> which they're not that good). I.e., if you have a pile of dirt
> you want to move, you use a shovel, not a spade. Does this
> distinction exist everywhere?
In Norwegian, we don't just call a spade a spade, we even call a
shovel a spade. Blunt people, are we?
LEF
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