Re: curses & insults

On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Matthew Kehrt wrote:

> Eviendadil has a similar structure, but I see very little use for it.
> I think it will eventually be eliminated.
English had this for a while, too, using the old 2sg pronouns for
insult:

        I 'thou' thee, thou traitor!

John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
C'est la` pourtant que se livre le sens du dire, de ce que, s'y conjuguant
le nyania qui bruit des sexes en compagnie, il supplee a ce qu'entre eux,
de rapport nyait pas.               -- Jacques Lacan, "L'Etourdit"