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Re: English syllable structure (was,for some reason: Re: Llirine: How to creat a language)

From:Cheng Zhong Su <suchengzhong@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 11, 2001, 22:24
 --- Robert Hailman wrote:
> Tristan Alexander McLeay wrote: > > > > On Sat, 8 Dec 2001, Elliott Lash wrote: > > > > > Patrick Dunn <tb0pwd1@...> writes: > > > > > > You could say "He is a bachelor of arts" I > guess... > > > > Only if you were being weird, at least for my > dialect. You have a bachelor > > of arts, you are an unmarried man. > > For what it's worth, last year my Uzbekistani > physics teacher said "He > is a bachelor of arts" once. > > -- > Robert
Answer: I think I have answered this question once. The English define meaning in sentences while Chinese define meaning in words. Su Cheng Zhong http://shopping.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Shopping - Free CDs for thousands of Priority Shoppers!