Re: s-stems in Slavic and Germanic

From: Andrew Jarrette
Message: 63074
Date: 2009-02-17

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>
>
> >
> > Torsten, I forgot to say that this is what Ingmar Roerdinkholder had
> > to say about what you said in Dutch (2 separate posts combined):
> >
> > "Hah, now I get it, one of them had a Scottish accent in English?
> > Smart guy, that Torsten."
>
> Joan and Mirren are not Dutch names. I figured they were Scottish or
> English in relationship with Dutch guys. I was one generation off.
> Pretty obvious there was some kind of collision of incompatible
> Weltanschauungen, or they wouldn't be so funny.
>


Do you mean that Dutch people are not funny, at least not funny in the
way these girls are?

Andrew