The Prefix "Ob-" (was: LWII: Attack of the Euroclones (fi: Indika))
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 12, 2003, 0:02 |
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On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 20:02:58 +0200 Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
writes:
> ObSemiOT: I think the term "euroclone" could better be left without
> a formal
> definition. Instead we'd agree on a few prototypical euroclones, and
> for
> borderline cases we can speak of varying degrees of euroclonicity.
> Andreas
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Doesn't "Ob" as in "ObConlang" stand for "Obligatory on-topic comment,
because after all the list is supposed to be about..." ?
So wouldn't "ObsemiOT" or "ObOffTopic" or anything else that isn't
"ObConlang" be self-contradictory?
Could this be a shift in meaning for the prefix?
-Stephen (Steg)
"oom."
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