There, that wasn't so hard, was it? Thank you, then, Miss Kasuga. *studies her comment for a moment, considering that his class is one place where such nitpicky curiosity might be useful* That is one bit of linguistic development that I haven't come across. Such compound/referential nouns are not unusual, though. One might as well ask why French translates "potato" as "apple of the earth".
[[*in which I try mightily to sound as though I was as familiar with this stuff as Bob should be... XDDD Sorry about the double post.]]
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Date: 2007-06-01 01:19 am (UTC)There, that wasn't so hard, was it?Thank you, then, Miss Kasuga. *studies her comment for a moment, considering that his class is one place where such nitpicky curiosity might be useful* That is one bit of linguistic development that I haven't come across. Such compound/referential nouns are not unusual, though. One might as well ask why French translates "potato" as "apple of the earth".[[*in which I try mightily to sound as though I was as familiar with this stuff as Bob should be... XDDD Sorry about the double post.]]