From: Christophe Grandsire (christophe.grandsire@free.fr)
Date: Mon May 12 2003 - 19:24:49 EST
En réponse à Jan van Steenbergen :
>True, but would that really matter for a native speaker of Carradjena? I mean,
>no native speaker of English seems to have a problem that "two" and "second"
>look somewhat differently. Usually, native speakers take their language for
>granted, including its oddities. Only very few people in the Netherlands are
>aware of the fact that it is odd that we say "acht" for 8, and "tachtig" for
>80.
Indeed, I've often been surprised at that ;))) . I often feel like saying
*"achtig" but manage to correct myself before it's too late ;))) . BTW, do
you know where the extra "t" comes from?
Christophe Grandsire.
http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.
PS: Yes indeed, I'm back! ;))) .
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