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- 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 ...
- Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:29 am
- Forum: L&L Museum
- Topic: Double Negation
- Replies: 49
- Views: 42016
- 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...
- 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...
- Wed May 11, 2005 5:59 am
- Forum: L&L Museum
- Topic: Weird phrases from real languages
- Replies: 323
- Views: 182696
- 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...
- 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.
I probably learnt that in something like year 3.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.