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Subject: Re: permissible syllable codas in major world languages)?
From: Artur Jachacy <arturj.usenet@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 31 Dec 2006 18:55:15 +0100
Newsgroups: sci.lang
On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 04:10:18 +1300, Paul J Kriha wrote:

> Artur Jachacy <arturj.usenet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
> news:emvo6u.3mg.1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:46:44 +1300, Paul J Kriha wrote:
>> > Artur Jachacy <arturj.usenet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
>> > news:elunv7.oc.1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [...]
>> >> This reminds me of the joke about three Danes who moved
>> >> to Czech Rep. and decided to change their names to more
>> >> Czech-sounding ones. Someone advised them to put their
>> >> old names back to front. They were Lars, Larsen, and
>> >> Larsoden.
>> > 
>> > Ooooooaah, good grief! 
>> > I haven't heard this one before.
>> > 
>> > Have you heard the one about people in CR complaining
>> > about an old lady who goes around their neighbourhood
>> > every night calling for her dogs, Pos and Rus?
>> 
>> Oh, I'm afraid you'd have to explain this one to me.
> 
> Pos and Rus dog names are sort of possible. While
> Pos AFAICT would be meaningless, the name Rus would
> hint at a rustycoloured breed of a dog. (cockerspaniel?
> Irish setter?)
> 
> The lady would of course call their names in vocatives
> "Pose! Ruse!" which would sound exactly like "Poseru se!".

Including the stress?
 
> The 1st person future tense plus reflexive "se" (myself).

I was thinking something along these lines, but wasn't sure which
form exactly it would be.
 
> pjk
>  
>> Artur

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