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Re: Just a Little Taste of Judean (Part 2)

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Monday, April 12, 1999, 15:50
Nik Taylor wrote:

> However, getting back to this > Judean, when English speakers learn Russian, they don't start throwing > in the English word "the", even tho Russian has no definite article.
IIRC, Anglo-Romany has borrowed "the" and uses it in place of the native articles (pun intended). -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)