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From: <span class="ep8xu"><span><span style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Kevin & Cheryl Caldwell</span></span></span><span class="hccdpe"> </span><span class="ldacoc"><<a href="mailto:kevin.caldwell1963@verizon.net">kevin.caldwell1963@verizon.net</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="hccdpe">LL-L "Idiomatica" 2009.01.05 (04) [E]</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">But what
about when it starts as "nine" but it's really "nineteen"? Then you have to
stick a "1" in front. Not to mention mishearing "fifteen" as "fifty" or
vice versa (or any of the other teens).</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Kevin
Caldwell</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">From: <a href="mailto:heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk" target="_blank">heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk</a> <<a href="mailto:heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk" target="_blank">heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk</a>><br>
Subject: LL-L "Idiomatica" 2009.01.04 (02) [D/E]</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">from Heather Rendall <a href="mailto:heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk" target="_blank">heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk</a></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Watching peoples write
numbers down is as fascinating.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">In English you can begin to
write immediately: as soon as you hear the ninety of 99 we can write down
a '9' and wait to hear what follows it and write it to the right.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">9...7 9..2</span></span></p>
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From: <span class="ep8xu"><span><span style="color: rgb(91, 16, 148);">Marsha</span></span></span><span class="hccdpe"> </span><span class="ldacoc"><<a href="mailto:marshatrue@mtangel.net">marshatrue@mtangel.net</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="hccdpe">LL-L "Idiomatica" 2009.01.05 (04) [E]</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I grew up saying "this coming Tuesday" if
it was Wednesday and I meant next week. If it were Monday and I had a
meeting tomorrow, I would just say tomorrow and not name the day. If I
were speaking of the Tuesday of the week prior, I would say "this past Tuesday"
if today is Wednesday through Monday. On Tuesday it changes to "a
week ago today." </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I've had this discussion with a number of people
and it seems we West Coast born folk use this form.....those from other
areas often use the Tuesday week that Mark mentions.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Confusing at best, but it does lead to some pretty
interesting conversations if you have time to pursue it in depth
with people.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Marsha Wilson</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> <a href="mailto:lowlands.list@GMAIL.COM" target="_blank" title="lowlands.list@GMAIL.COM">Lowlands-L List</a> </span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">From: Brooks, Mark <<a href="mailto:mark.brooks@twc.state.tx.us" target="_blank">mark.brooks@twc.state.tx.us</a>><br>
Subject: LL-L "Idiomatica" 2009.01.03 (02) [E]</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Marlou wrote:
"Now what is "this" tuesday?"</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">That brings to mind what we
do in Texas.
I never feel like I have it right. Now, to me I would say, "we have
a meeting this Tuesday" meaning Tuesday of this week or tomorrow if I'm
speaking to someone on Monday. But, if I said "next Tuesday" I
would mean some eight days from now. I remember some of my Tennessee relatives
making that distinction by saying "Tuesday week." So, let's say
that today is Monday, January 5. To me, "this Tuesday" would be
tomorrow and "next Tuesday" would be January 13, as would
"Tuesday week." But, I know that not everyone around here feels
the same way. So, it seems like we continually have to clarify exactly
which Tuesday we mean. Maybe we should just drop the "this
Tuesday/next Tuesday" thing altogether and say, "we have a meeting on
[fill in the date]."</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Mark Brooks</span></span></p>
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From: <span class="ep8xu"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Luc Hellinckx</span></span></span><span class="hccdpe"> </span><span class="ldacoc"><<a href="mailto:luc.hellinckx@gmail.com">luc.hellinckx@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="hccdpe">LL-L "Idiomatica"</span><br>
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Beste Roger, </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">You wrote:</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"><span style="word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">I might add for East-Brabant (Getelands): nötst (in
Tiens: natst), meaning 'next', e.g. 't nötste joër 'next year'</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">I guess
this construction may be influenced by the comparative form of
"na(ar)", which is "na(ar)der". Doesn't the same happen
with "veel" - "meer(der)", ?"miëdst"?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Regarding
"drie-en-half" for a time description, I'd like to add that the
distribution is much wider than the Brussels
region. To my knowledge, the whole of West-Vlaanderen is using it, plus at
least the Southern half of Oost-Vlaanderen. Not sure about the Northern part of
Oost-Vlaanderen though.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Kind
greetings,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">Luc
Hellinckx</span></p><br>