tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post115788201984531045..comments2023-10-30T01:07:58.781-07:00Comments on Some Untidy Spot: Master of My (Semantic) DomainPetrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15454911336796743360noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post-1158096125784817702006-09-12T14:22:00.000-07:002006-09-12T14:22:00.000-07:00No prizes?There are never prizes when I'm right.No prizes?<BR/><BR/>There are never prizes when I'm right.Melyngochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07894183958877193588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post-1158031511258042032006-09-11T20:25:00.000-07:002006-09-11T20:25:00.000-07:00TB: Indonesian has about a billion different word...TB: Indonesian has about a billion different words for "you," but rarely uses any of them. Instead, it's more polite to refer to the person you're addressing in the third person; thus the actual question posed to me was, "What's her full name?" Since we had just been discussing the woman I live with, I assumed, erroneously, that "her" referred to, well, her. I answered with "I can't remember," and they all looked at me strangely. It took a few seconds for the ball to drop, when I finally answered my own full name. I've seen this third-person for second-person sleight of hand pulled a thousand times now, and I still fall for it every time.Petrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15454911336796743360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post-1157993733058939682006-09-11T09:55:00.000-07:002006-09-11T09:55:00.000-07:00Now you know what it's like to be a missionary. Y...Now you know what it's like to be a missionary. You can expound for hours on deep doctrinal points, but can't talk about every-day things, like simple household chores, politics, sports, etc. It's very frustrating at times!Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05906199238142721491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26637694.post-1157918177313661562006-09-10T12:56:00.000-07:002006-09-10T12:56:00.000-07:00I'm waiting for the punch line after your full nam...I'm waiting for the punch line after your full name...what did you <I>think</I> they said, "What's your bull's name?"?Tolkien Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03816447362432499481noreply@blogger.com