Forum: Linguistics
Topic: Spanish punctuation - inversion of '?' and '!'
Poster: juvera
Post title: We can do the one-word bits...
[quote]Andy Watkinson wrote:
"They used to be in the habit of taking off their shoes and socks" (14 words)
"Descalzábanse" (1 word)
Andy [/quote]
"legmegkopaszítottabbaitoknak" (1)
"For those amongst you, who's hair is the most thoroughly removed from their head" (14)
(- like the new recruits to the army: the sun is going to burn their scalp, so give them a hat).
It is possible to come up with more in the same vein.
After all, Hungarian is not called "aglutinous language" for nothing.
Some of these words may actually be used once in a lifetime. :lol:
[Edited at 2006-08-10 09:59]
Sorry, I didn't mean to highjack the thread, just a bit of light diversion.
[Edited at 2006-08-10 10:03]
Topic: Spanish punctuation - inversion of '?' and '!'
Poster: juvera
Post title: We can do the one-word bits...
[quote]Andy Watkinson wrote:
"They used to be in the habit of taking off their shoes and socks" (14 words)
"Descalzábanse" (1 word)
Andy [/quote]
"legmegkopaszítottabbaitoknak" (1)
"For those amongst you, who's hair is the most thoroughly removed from their head" (14)
(- like the new recruits to the army: the sun is going to burn their scalp, so give them a hat).
It is possible to come up with more in the same vein.
After all, Hungarian is not called "aglutinous language" for nothing.
Some of these words may actually be used once in a lifetime. :lol:
[Edited at 2006-08-10 09:59]
Sorry, I didn't mean to highjack the thread, just a bit of light diversion.
[Edited at 2006-08-10 10:03]