LL-L "Semantics" 2004.01.25 (01) [E/Danish]

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From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Semantics" 2004.01.24 (04) [E]

>> "A lot of people are ... " where probably gramatically more
>> correct would be
>> "a lot of people is ...".

Why would anyone say this in the first place? Both alternatives sound awful
to me. What's wrong with "many people are"?

Or, as another easy way out: "lots of people are..."

Gabriele Kahn

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From: Kenneth Rohde Christiansen <kenneth at gnu.org>
Subject: LL-L "Semantics" 2004.01.24 (04) [E]

Det er òg kva vi seier i dansk - "ude paa landen". Kanskje det er det
samme i norsk og svensk.

That is what we are using in Danish  "in the country (land)". Maybe it
is the same in Norwegian and Swedish

Kenneth

> Note that this did not happen in most Lowlands Saxon (Low German) dialects
.
> (I am not sure if it did in some.)  Undoubtedly this is because the
> LS-speaking area does not entirely, though predominantly, consist of flat
> land.  Or is it because of German influence?  When we say _plat land_ or
> _platland_ we usually mean "*flat* land" or "plains."  The more general
word
> would be _land_, often used in special expressions with archaic
morphology,
> such as _up'n landen_ (<_up'n Lannen>) 'in the country' and _vun'n landen_
> (<_vun'n Lannen>)  'from/of the country'.  (_Up dat (~ 't) land_ would
mean
> 'on the land (= soil)', and _vun dat (~ 't) land_ would mean 'from the
land
> (= soil)' or 'from the country (= nation)'.)
>
> Regards,
> Reinhard/Ron

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