On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Thomas R. Wier wrote:
> Quoting Heather Rice <florarroz@...>:
>
> > Are there languages that have proverbs? Has anyone
> > developed a system of proverbs for their conlang?
>
> English is one. Take the following examples:
>
> A: John always gets himself into so much trouble!
> B: He does, indeed.
There's also the usage "That too" as a somewhat sarcastic
reply to such a sentence. I think you could argue either
way for "that" being a pronoun (referring to trouble) or
a proverb (referring to gets, or even the whole verb phrase).
Padraic.
> Thomas Wier <trwier@...>