[Lexicog] sit vs. sit

Koontz John E john.koontz at COLORADO.EDU
Mon Mar 22 23:15:24 UTC 2004


On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Wayne Leman wrote:
> You're right, Rich. 'Be_at' is, of course, more accurate for the Cheyenne
> (and other Algonquian) final at issue. It's simply faster for me to type the
> three letters "sit" than "be_at". Time is money, as your metaphor colleague
> would remind us!  :-)

How about 'bat'?  A bit opaque, but remembering what English word means
what metaphrase is already an issue.

A little greening here in suburban Colorado, too.



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