Re: NATLANG: Dutch (jara: Has anyone made a real conlang?)

On Sat, 26 Apr 2003 23:54:37 -0700 Elliott Lash <erelion12@...>
writes:
> > This is pure modal use; "become" = "be appropriate
> > to", now lost except
> > in the adjective "becoming" = "fitting, appropriate;
> > attractive, beautiful".
> > I had occasion to quote this yesterday.
> Well....I could also say:  "X does not become you"
> ...but not in the affirmative: *"X becomes you"
> hmm...interesting
> Elliott Lash
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You've never heard of the following dirty joke Bad Pick-Up Line:

"That shirt looks very becoming on you;
 and if I were on you, I'd becoming too!"

?


-Stephen (Steg)
 "hi, this is her roommate- aggeh!"