Re: Conlang meet in London?
| From: | Irina Rempt-Drijfhout <ira@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, June 28, 1999, 5:51 |
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On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, Nik Taylor wrote:
> Fakaltin=E1tas na<John Cowan>:
> > Actually, both senses are understood here, I think.
>=20
> Really? I've never encountered the "party" meaning, only the sense "to
> copulate", which is why that "a proper conlang boink" threw me for a
> loop, but I figured that it must've been intended for something else --
> or at least I hoped so!
Ah, but you're in the US. That said, I only understood what Fabian
meant because I read alt.fan.pratchett. I used to read
alt.usage.english as well, but I couldn't stand it - God knows I'm a
pedant myself, but not so unforgiving as many people there.
Irina
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