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by The Rt. Hon. Vlad Dracula
Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:37 am
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: Double Negation
Replies: 49
Views: 42016

Or perhaps a historical movement towards double negation. Or due to the influence of another (African, Amerind, French?) language? not likely, those who use such constructions are often uneducated and receive minimal contact with such other languages, there is little chance of influence Ebonics is ...
by The Rt. Hon. Vlad Dracula
Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:29 am
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: Double Negation
Replies: 49
Views: 42016

I've also heard that some English creoles/dialects etc. do have a "double negation"; is this true?
Plenty, but it's generally considered to be incorrect or a sign of uneducated speech.
by The Rt. Hon. Vlad Dracula
Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:11 pm
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: No latin names of month...
Replies: 62
Views: 61495

gach already gave the North Sami months; I can supply some of the others. Don't know the etymologies, unfortunately. Western Lule Sami: ?d?jakm?nno, guovvam?nno, sjnjuktjam?nno, vuoratjism?nno, moarmesm?nno, biehtsem?nno, sjnjilltjam?nno, b?rggem?nno, rag?tm?nno, g?lg?dism?nno, bas?dism?nno, javllam...
by The Rt. Hon. Vlad Dracula
Fri May 13, 2005 7:52 am
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: Weird phrases from real languages
Replies: 323
Views: 182696

I always that that this french form of the verb "louer" was crazy: loueait. It has five different vowels in a row; this would never fly in english! Clearly you've never come across the perfectly legitimate (though most likely never actually used before) English word 'portmanteauoid'! What kind of w...
by The Rt. Hon. Vlad Dracula
Wed May 11, 2005 5:59 am
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: Weird phrases from real languages
Replies: 323
Views: 182696

Japanese:

大女 ooonna "huge woman"
東欧を往々被おう。 Touou wo ouou ooou. "Let's often cover eastern Europe.", pronounced /tooooo oooo oooo/.
by The Rt. Hon. Vlad Dracula
Thu Apr 28, 2005 5:18 am
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: A Reader's Guide To SOV langs
Replies: 24
Views: 14021

Re: A Reader's Guide To SOV langs

2. SOV langs have postpositions (instead of prepositions). Latin has prepositions: sub abore "under the tree", in casa "in the house", etc. 12. SOV lang's usually do not have a passive voice. Latin: Active: Marcus caseum edit. "Marcus eats the cheese." Passive: Caseum a Marco editur. "The cheese is...
by The Rt. Hon. Vlad Dracula
Wed Apr 06, 2005 2:44 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: Europe - Erel?e correspondences
Replies: 64
Views: 21081

chris_notts wrote:I love Postman pat, or at least I did when I was a child.
The alternate Postman Pat theme wrote:Postman Pat, Postman Pat,
Postman Pat ran over his cat!
Blood and guts went flying,
Postman Pat was crying,
That will teach him not to drink and drive.
I probably learnt that in something like year 3. :roll: