Re: CHAT: various infotaining natlang tidbits

Kristian Jensen wrote:
> There's that stereotyping thing again ruining the intended humour.
> All stereotyping aside, you have to admit that homophony of grass
> and hair in TokPisin is funny.
Not homophony at all, polysemy.  Besides, it's not really all that
funny, IMO, no funnier than our usage of the same word for a flying
mammal and for a piece of equipment used in Baseball.  Besides, at least
grass and hair have a resemblance, the two kinds of bats look nothing
alike!  :-)

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