Re: [tied] Re: Danish enigma

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:23:47 +0000, tgpedersen
<tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>Therefore those two progressive constructions may have the same
>origin. But I'd still like to reserve the term for the
>'I am on-talking' construction (Basque, Dutch, English, Northwest
>German, Danish, possibly Potuguese, Spanish, Italian), and use some
>other term for the 'I sit and speak' construction (Dutch, Danish,
>Norwegian, Swedish).

This reminds me of the famous anecdote about Camilo José
Cela when he was a member of the Spanish Senate. He fell
asleep during the proceedings, and the speaker of the Senate
woke him, saying:
- Señor Cela, ¿está usted dormido?
- No, señoría, estoy durmiendo...
- Y.. ¿no es lo mismo?.
- Pues no, señoría, no es lo mismo estar jodido que estar
jodiendo...


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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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