Re: Prepositions
| From: | J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, October 1, 2001, 0:20 |
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In a message dated 30.09.2001 03:32:54 AM, cowan@MERCURY.CCIL.ORG writes:
>Adam Walker scripsit:
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>> ALL the English prepositions!?!?!?! My goodness, that could take days and
>> I'd probably leave out some dozens! I'll start a list below. Others, feel
>> free to add to it. I'm sure it's not complete!
>
>Abaft, abeam, astarboard, aport (used on ships).
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overboard? like are _we_ goin' a lil overboard *snarfle*
Many pidgins & creoles get away with just a handful of prepositions. In
Tok Pisin and Bislama (like the earlier Chinese Coast Pidgin English),
_bilong_ (variants: _blong_, _plong_) is practically an all-round,
multi-purpose preposition. [see archives of this list for more detail if so
desiring ... this has been discussed at length like 7-9 months ago, IIRC]
::jee, how odd I ramble... from nautical prepositions to pidgins that
descend from maritime trade lingoes...::
czHANg, starts singin' a medley of Tom Waits songs ("Singapore," "Clap
Hands", etc)
"Tá mé i mo idirgalachtach bhithiúnach."
<<"I am an intergalactic space criminal.">>