http://www.logophile.org/blog/2005/04/26/too-many-particles/ blog of a logophile (not "logos", but "λόγος") Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:21:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.logophile.org/blog/2005/04/26/too-many-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-348 Tom Mon, 30 May 2005 19:40:46 +0000 http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=26#comment-348 <p>Just <code>zoals' is in fact enough. I just liked to pile them up. Let's compare this comment in word count with the Dutch equivalent. (24 + 1 clitic, 's) Gewoon</code>zoals' is eigenlijk voldoende. Ik vond het gewoon leuk ze op te stapelen. Laten we dit commentaar in woordhoeveelheid vergelijken met het Nederlandse equivalent. (25)</p> Just zoals' is in fact enough. I just liked to pile them up. Let's compare this comment in word count with the Dutch equivalent. (24 + 1 clitic, 's) Gewoonzoals’ is eigenlijk voldoende. Ik vond het gewoon leuk ze op te stapelen. Laten we dit commentaar in woordhoeveelheid vergelijken met het Nederlandse equivalent. (25)

]]> http://www.logophile.org/blog/2005/04/26/too-many-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-347 tikitu Tue, 17 May 2005 13:09:59 +0000 http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=26#comment-347 <p>(I don't think "particles" is right here, actually -- I was thinking originally of "toch", "wel", "trouwens" and so forth, which I will <em>never</em> learn to use properly... as usual, I got sidetracked :-)</p> (I don’t think “particles” is right here, actually — I was thinking originally of “toch”, “wel”, “trouwens” and so forth, which I will never learn to use properly… as usual, I got sidetracked :-)

]]> http://www.logophile.org/blog/2005/04/26/too-many-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-346 tikitu Tue, 17 May 2005 13:03:00 +0000 http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=26#comment-346 <p>Precies! 20 words, vs. just 16 (and you lot save one on "baardstatus"). I will never understand why just "zoals" isn't enough. "Zoals daar zijn"? Ridiculous.</p> Precies! 20 words, vs. just 16 (and you lot save one on “baardstatus”). I will never understand why just “zoals” isn’t enough. “Zoals daar zijn”? Ridiculous.

]]> http://www.logophile.org/blog/2005/04/26/too-many-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-345 Tom Tue, 17 May 2005 12:56:19 +0000 http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=26#comment-345 <p>How about: er zijn van die dingen waar ik me niet altijd bewust van ben, zoals daar zijn: particles, en mijn baardstatus. Translates: There are some things I am not always aware of, like: particles, and my beard('s) status.</p> How about: er zijn van die dingen waar ik me niet altijd bewust van ben, zoals daar zijn: particles, en mijn baardstatus. Translates: There are some things I am not always aware of, like: particles, and my beard(‘s) status.

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