Question about updates
Goh Lip
g.lip at gmx.com
Sat Aug 27 05:42:56 UTC 2011
On 27/08/11 13:35, chris wrote:
> Maybe it would be a good idea then to start with Latin.:-)
> <Snip> especially for Basil:-)
> das kiwi
Basil? I don't get it. I thought he's named after an Herb. :)
Oh, his private message....
> On 27/08/11 12:33, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>
>> TRENDY pub toilet door signs featuring abstract depictions of gender
>> should be banned, experts have claimed.
>
> Yeah, once was confused myself with these funny signs in a pub. I recall one pub with just the words "Romeo" and "Juliet" in one. And it was hilarious when there were not many Shakespearean readers there.
>
> Or I do find it amusing when germans prefix the things der, die and das. Could never understand why a dog is masculine, cat feminine or a horse...well neutered; or the Rhine male and Danube female.
>
> Warmest regards - Goh Lip
>
> ps: I know you are a stickler for obeying list rules but with you permission, I like my post with your above quoted remarks back on the list. What do you say? I'll post it if you're okay.
Regards - Goh Lip
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