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Re: Homonymy (hot stuff dept.)

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Friday, June 24, 2005, 12:00
Quoting Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>:

> Hi! > > Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> writes: > > Quoting Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>: > > >... > > > _stark_ -- which is incidentally used also of high alcohol > > > content, so that "en stark dryck" is ambiguous. One can > > > always say _kryddstark_ to be sure. > > > > I find it hard to think of a situation in which I'd say that a drink is > > _kryddstark_. > > Tomato juice? It's usually made interesting with chili sauce. > > And then, think of a Bloody Marry! Could be too peppery or too > vodkary. :-) > > Det är för starkt!
A bloody mary could be a such situation, yes. Andreas