I came across a link to this essay in the commentary on
juno_magic's journal (though I have no idea how I got there). It's got me laughing so hard that I'm grateful to be spewing coffee from my nose, because it means I'm less likely to be peeing my pants.
http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/awfgrmlg.html#x1
It's particularly amusing because I just finished saying in my GSP submission for Indo-European Language 1 that I found German to be reassuringly logical, if over-structured. (shrug) Oh, the irony! Es gibt mir Schmerz!
http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/awfgrmlg.html#x1
It's particularly amusing because I just finished saying in my GSP submission for Indo-European Language 1 that I found German to be reassuringly logical, if over-structured. (shrug) Oh, the irony! Es gibt mir Schmerz!