Re: VMs: NEW SCIENTIST 11/2001 ZANDONELLA

[Jacques Guy <jguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

12/04/2005 1:46:51 AM, Dennis <tsalagi@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>jean-yves artero wrote:

>> Book of Riddles
>> New Scientist vol 172 issue 2317 - 17 November 2001, page 36
>> They show less variation in length than those of English, Latin and most 
>> other Indo-European languages and there are a lot of repeats?up to four 
>> consecutive repetitions of a word is common, 

>>	We keep hearing about this, but is it true?  How common are 
>four consecutive repetitions?   Three repetitions I have 
>seen, but how common is that, really?

Sigh. We've been through this time and again. 

Di tempat ini ada banyak barang-barang. Barang-barang ini...

In English: "There is lots of stuff here. This stuff..."

My favourite:

mahasiswa mahasiswa, mahasiswi mahasiswi...

In French: "Étudiants, étudiantes..."

Yes, just like De Gaulle used to say: "Français, françaises..."


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