Re: [romanceconlang] Re: Wenedyk - Adjectives
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, September 20, 2002, 10:44 |
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Quoting Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>:
> romanceconlang@yahoogroups.com writes:
> > It seems to me that some remnants of particularly the
> > superlative forms survived in Italian ("bellissima!")
>
> This form survives in Spanish at least. Here's a modern example of its
> usage:
>
> Es el quesisimo! - It's the cheesiest! (heard from a Kraft Macaroni and
> Cheese commercian on Galavisión).
Don't forget what Tony the Tiger says: [r::emar'kisimo]!
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