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Re: dutch ipa

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Thursday, May 15, 2003, 13:45
En réponse à Mike Ellis :


>The scan is from an old 1950 "van Goor's Engels Zakwoordenboek" . I find >the use of _'s_ a bit odd. How common is that in Dutch? I've heard of the >use of postposed _z'n_ (zijn) or _d'r_ (haar) to accompish something >similar to English _'s_, but haven't seen _'s_ itself.
Dutch does have a genitive in -s (but usually without apostrophe). It's not very common though.
>I also find the word "kaakopening" hilarious. Sorry.
LOL, I agree :)) . Christophe Grandsire. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.