Re: THEORY: Subject: THEORY: Word Order In Phrases
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 1, 2002, 8:24 |
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At 21:11 2002-09-30 +0200, daniel andreasson wrote:
>Peter Clark wrote:
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> > This reminds me of a former roommate of mine whose Russian
> > improved dramatically when liberally sprinkled with vodka
> > (or alcohol of any kind)...
>
>I believe the technical term is "the whiskey effect". Or at
>least that's what I was taught at my uni. :)
For the record, this was the case with my Icelandic. Brennivín-og-vatn effect?
/BP 8^)>
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