Re: English syllable structure (was, for some reason: Re: Llirine: How to creat a language)
From: | Roger Mills <romilly@...> |
Date: | Saturday, December 8, 2001, 19:18 |
Maarten wrote:
>Cheng Zhong Su wrote:
>
>> And in some times English can't
>> define a word's meaning:'She went to bank.' what is
>> the meaning of 'bank'?
>
>Well, it sound like a verb to me here.... sounds rather forceful too. I
>think "to bank" means "to hit your hit against the wall for an extended
>period of time, after having given up to explain to a bad-english-speaking
>chinese guy that he is pleading his case on the wrong list". Is that
getting
>close?
Under the circumstances, yes. In my first reading of the original msg., I
thought "poor Tristan" had written that, and that it could mean "She went to
[do her banking]", a leeetle odd but still comparable to "She went to
shop". But now it's clear, Tristan is blameless.
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