Re: GROUPLANG: optional features and case

At 07:43 20/10/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>>         I don't think so. Actually, I hear "h=F4te" for both meanings=
 with the
>> same frequency. It's just that "h=F4te" was not very used when I was=
 young (we
>> didn't receive people to stay at home more than for one dinner, so we=
 didn't
>> use the word "h=F4te").
>
>Ah!  I see.  Still, it seems rather peculiar to use the same word for
>both ends of the host-guest relation.
>
        I agree with you. I wonder where this comes from.

        I've thought of another thing that is peculiar: the feminine form of
'h=F4te': 'h=F4tesse' is used only with the meaning 'host', or for female=
 people
that welcome you in a plane or in other places. Strange, isn't it?

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