Re: French expressions in English
| From: | Padraic Brown <pbrown@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 27, 2000, 20:54 |
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On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Irina Rempt wrote:
>On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, John Cowan wrote:
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>> "the governor of Florida's wife"
>> = "the wife of the governor of Florida", not "the governor of the wife of Florida".
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>LOL! No, that would be "Florida's wife's governor" :-)
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>I didn't realize where the possessive 's' came from until I learned
>to play something called "The King of Denmark his Galliard".
Would've been neato if we had 'r as well for possessive case.
A la "Lady Whatsername Her Lover". I think it was a galliard
as well. Some old dance, anyway.
I guess that would make it "Florida's governor's wife'r
thingamagig".
Padraic.
> Irina