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<P>On Wednesday, August 24, 2005, 7:45:16, <A class=RVTS6 href="mid:billposer@alum.mit.edu">billposer@alum.mit.edu</A> wrote:</P>
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<P><SPAN class=RVTS8>The change in German usage may have a parallel in Dutch.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=RVTS8>A few weeks ago I commented to a Dutch friend that the</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=RVTS8>canonical sign in the Netherlands when I was first there</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=RVTS8>was: Et is streng verboden op de grasplaats te betreden.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=RVTS8>(Pardon any spelling errors - my Dutch is not too good and</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=RVTS8>this is from memory.) "It is strictly forbidden to walk on</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=RVTS8>the grass." She responded that this had been true but had</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=RVTS8>changed in recent years. I can't remember what she said the</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=RVTS8>current version is. (Perhaps something along the grounds of:</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=RVTS8>"By all means, have a seat and smoke a joint." :) )</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN class=RVTS8>Bill Poser, Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania</SPAN></P>
<P><A class=RVTS9 href="http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~wjposer/">http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~wjposer/</A><SPAN class=RVTS8> billposer@alum.mit.edu</SPAN></P>
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<P>The Dutch version was actually 'Het is (streng) verboden het gras te betreden', later it probably was 'Niet op het gras lopen' (don't walk on the grass?/lawn?) and now 'Verboden voor honden' (No dogs admitted).</P>
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<P>Cheers,</P>
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<P>Emile Slager</P>
<P>Prof. Ritzema Boslaan 59</P>
<P>3571 CN Utrecht</P>
<P>Netherlands</P>
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<P>tel. +31 30 271 3689</P>
<P>url: <A class=RVTS12 href="http://home.wanadoo.nl/e.slager">http://home.wanadoo.nl/e.slager</A></P>
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