At 8:12 AM -0800 1/14/08, Duane Nickull wrote:
>Perhaps not illogical, however the Germans have pushed the limit with
>
>Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz
>
>Which is the word for "Beef labeling oversight transfer law" and
>
>Oberammergaueralpenkräuterdelikatessenfrühstückskäse
>
>Deli-style breakfast cheese with mountain herbs from the state of
>Oberammergau.
>
>Both are legal words in German. (01)
ThewayItalkEnglishoftensoundslikethat, or sopeopleoftentellme. (02)
Pat (03)
>
>;-)
>
>
>On 1/13/08 9:50 PM, "John F. Sowa" <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> But it's hard to call such compounds "illogical". The number
>of primitive
>> roots in any language is usually quite small,
>and it is necessary to stretch
>> their meaning by metaphorical
>means in order to build up a large vocabulary.
>
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