Re: English Construct State/Future Arabic

kam@CARROT.CLARA.NET scripsit:

> Hmm, like /glas @ bI:/ , /paInt@ mILk/, there used to be adverts in the UK
> urging us to "drink your daily pinta", "order an extra pinta" and so on,
> but I think this was largely the invention of the Milk Marketing Board,
> not a genuine colloquial expression.
Surely a calque of "cuppa" < "cup of [tea]".

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