Sometimes when reading linguistics papers, you come across these awesome example sentences that leave you wondering how on earth THAT came up in a fieldwork session.
Today's stunner:
Ke hang hèng keká i li.
‘He made accusations concerning his coconuts.’
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Linguists are weird
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Maybe there was a vendor of rotten coconuts...
Is that an idiom, or is it literal?
It is true that Linguists are weird. Here is proof.
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Haha! I love it.
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