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Re: word poll #2: articles

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Friday, May 10, 2002, 20:14
On Fri, 10 May 2002 09:00:57 -0500 William Annis <annis@...>
writes:
> >TJ. taken as a representative of the entire genus or type
> There is a genericising (?) mass-noun creator for this in > Vaior, -ai-: > espaufossi rhonaie > espauf-o-ssi rhon-ai-e > easy-PRES-EXP man-CLASS-N > "men are easy" > Note that '-ssi' indicates the speaker is reporting from direct > experience and 'rhon' means specifically "male humans" not > generallically "all humans" in the English sense "men" is sometimes > used in. By the way, this was said by a lesbian friend after she > turned bi, and discovered the ease with which many men are seduced > :)
> -- > wm
- Did she say it in Vaior? :-P -Stephen (Steg) "laa a3rif ayna aðhab"