LL-L "Semantics" 2004.09.20 (03) [E]

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From: john feather <johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Semantics

Gabriele wrote:
'there's always the word "peculiar", which is pretty much unambiguous'.

Well, "odd" is the 9th definition of it (out of 12) given in Chambers
Dictionary! How do we communicate at all?

It seems to me that "funny little" has almost become a set phrase and so can
properly be written without a comma.

Chambers doesn't give the adverbial use which exists in some dialects:
"funny big" = "extraordinarily large".

I'm intrigued by the common description of actual and potential sexual
partners often heard in TV programmes like _Friends_: "She's smart, and
funny, ...." Since very few people are "funny" in the sense of being
humorously creative do we assume that the meaning is being coloured by
"fun"?

John Feather johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk

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From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Semantics" 2004.09.18 (09) [E]

Ingmar wrote:
> >>>>> Great idea, Gabriele!
> Maybe I could be in a rich man's world if I'd sell my Middelsprake
> translation of Waterloo to them.... Ingmar
>
> > ABBA's authority? They're Swedish, after all, not English. So maybe the
> band
> > will make a comeback after all... and this time, to avoid all
> > misunderstandings, they'll sing in Middelsprake! Their first
breakthrough
> > was at the European Song Contest, after all, with "Waterloo" - maybe
they
> > could do it again!

Just as long as you won't forget whose idea this was... a little percentage
is always appreciated...
Only trouble is that the group is no longer together, this will take some
persuasion. Or we would have to make up a new one, from Lowlands members. I
volunteer. Any more takers? :-)

Gabriele Kahn

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