27-02-2008, 10:08 PM
I decided to open a thread to hang (a hanging thread, heh...) those miscellaneous things marginally related to language (or maybe not at all) that I find while browsing... (there are LOTS of things out there, I sometimes get lost).
For instance, this jewel:
For instance, this jewel:
Quote:
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It's one of the first words in the Mohawk teaching grammar. It loosely means "I am a student", but taken piece-by-piece it means "I habitually cause myself to have ideas". Use it in a sentence? It's already a sentence.
I want to use it on forms as an alternative to student:
5B: OCCUPATION
I habitually cause myself to have ideas.
It's one of the first words in the Mohawk teaching grammar. It loosely means "I am a student", but taken piece-by-piece it means "I habitually cause myself to have ideas". Use it in a sentence? It's already a sentence.
I want to use it on forms as an alternative to student:
5B: OCCUPATION
I habitually cause myself to have ideas.
Isn't this great? I thought so... 