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Re: USAGE: idioms with variable objects (was: deeply embedded VSO nightmare)

From:H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...>
Date:Friday, October 26, 2001, 14:52
On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 09:56:24AM -0400, John Cowan wrote:
> Muke Tever scripsit: > > > "All your base are belong to X"? (= X is in a position of superiority over > > you) > > But "base" is not truly part of this idiom, if it even counts as an idiom,
[snip] One of the funnier variants of this one I saw somewhere online: "Al your Qaeda are belong to us." This is a punny reference to "Al Qaeda", the terrorist organization. "Qaeda" is Arabic for "base". Just so happens that this name happens to fit so well into the structure of this idiom :-) T -- He who sacrifices functionality for ease of use, loses both and deserves neither. -- Slashdotter