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Re: Feminization of plurals?

From:Andreas Johansson <andreasj@...>
Date:Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 20:29
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> wrote:
> On 2009-02-11 Andreas Johansson wrote: >> >> (In speech, you'll find people who have -a everywhere, ones who have -e >> everywhere, ones that make the >> distinction much as in the written standard (I do), and >> ones who draw some other distinction.) >> > > Not in Western and Southern Sweden, where the > distinction is still rigorously maintained. > We cringe when people from "up country" > say things like _den stora mannen_!
Er? Upholding the distinction was one of the possibilities I listed. -- Andreas Johansson Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?

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Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>YASGT: Adjectival agreement (was: Feminization of plurals?)