Stone Gordonssen wrote:
>> LOL, indeed natlang, but if I say which one, you'll never believe me
>> ;)))
>> (rather, you'll never believe that it really is a polysynthetic
>> language.
>> Centuries of prescriptivist incorrect descriptions and an orthography
>> which
>> hides this fact don't help ;)))) ).
>
>
> You (who often say "Don't put words in my mouth") seem unwilling to even
> afford me (who often marvels at the breaks in the orthography of words
> which
> are elided phonetically) the opportunity to consider it?
He means French. I can't explain his attitude beyond humor. And general
Frenchiness.
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Tristan <kesuari@...>
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