[Lexicog] Re: Changes in German usage

[billposer at ALUM.MIT.EDU]

The change in German usage may have a parallel in Dutch.
A few weeks ago I commented to a Dutch friend that the
canonical sign in the Netherlands when I was first there
was: Et is streng verboden op de grasplaats te betreden.
(Pardon any spelling errors - my Dutch is not too good and
this is from memory.) "It is strictly forbidden to walk on
the grass." She responded that this had been true but had
changed in recent years. I can't remember what she said the
current version is. (Perhaps something along the grounds of:
"By all means, have a seat and smoke a joint." :) )

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Bill Poser, Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania
http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~wjposer/ billposer at alum.mit.edu


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