Re: CHAT: LEGO and co. (was: Re: history of conlanging (aka Conlang influences,aka Lest darkness fall))

Irina Rempt-Drijfhout wrote:
>
> On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Grandsire, C.A. wrote:
> >
> >         Of course! I used generally the numbers to have points of
> > reference and I was always interested in the fact that often they
> > had different relative places. I think that partly rose my interest
> > in languages :) .
>
> Me too! Sometimes it's a bit worrying when you realize that Swedes
> and Norwegians are warned against something that English, French and
> Dutch can obviously do without ill effects :-)
>
        I never saw that... Can you give me an example?

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