Theiling Online    Sitemap    Conlang Mailing List HQ   

Re: Messy Desks (was: Fluency in one's language, and the ROE)

From:BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Sunday, April 9, 2000, 14:01
At 09:44 09.4.2000 -0700, DOUGLAS KOLLER wrote:
> > In Sweden we have the saying "If a messy desk implies a messy intellect, > > then what does an empty desk imply?" I take recourse to it quite often, >to > > which my wife answers something along the lines of "neatly non-empty > > desk". > >Might we have the saying in the original Swedish? > >Kou
Om ett rörigt skrivbord tyder på ett rörigt intellekt, vad tyder då ett tomt skrivbord på? /BP B.Philip Jonsson <mailto:bpj@...>bpj@netg.se <mailto:melroch@...>melroch@my-deja.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__ Anant' avanaute quettalmar! \ \ __ ____ ____ _____________ ___ __ __ __ / / \ \/___ \\__ \ /___ _____/\ \\__ \\ \ \ \\ \ / / / / / / / \ / /Melroch\ \_/ // / / // / / / / /___/ /_ / /\ \ / /Melarocco\_ // /__/ // /__/ / /_________//_/ \_\/ /Eowine__ / / \___/\_\\___/\_\ I neer Pityancalimeo\ \_____/ /ar/ /_atar Mercasso naan ~~~~~~~~~Cuinondil~~~\_______/~~~\__/~~~Noolendur~~~~~~ || Lenda lenda pellalenda pellatellenda cuivie aiya! || "A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" (JRR Tolkien)