Re: Terms of Endearment
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, April 30, 2003, 13:46 |
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Chris Bates scripsit:
> English does but its restricted, there
> are only a few adjectives that don't sound wrong when used as nouns (ie
> the blond(e) the wise the old (the last two used only collectively)),
I think that for collectives the scope is quite wide, maybe unlimited.
The old, the young, the happy, the sad, the restless, the sleepy all
sound fine to me.
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John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.reutershealth.com ccil.org/~cowan
Dievas dave dantis; Dievas duos duonos --Lithuanian proverb
Deus dedit dentes; deus dabit panem --Latin version thereof
Deity donated dentition;
deity'll donate doughnuts --English version by Muke Tever
God gave gums; God'll give granary --Version by Mat McVeagh
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