Re: [Way OT] Re: rename is idiotic (was Re: VFAT rename)

Andreas Schwab (schwab@issan.cs.uni-dortmund.de)
31 May 1999 10:54:09 +0200


Tim Smith <tzs@tzs.net> writes:

|> > > > "Ich habe liebe Genossen in Moskau" - I've got dead comreds in Moscow.
|> > > > "Ich habe Liebe genossen in Moskau" - I enjoyed love in Moscow.
|> ...
|> > > Ich habe liebe Genossen in Moskau = I have friendly comrades in Moscow.
|> > > Ich habe Liebe genossen in Moskau = I enjoyed love in Moscow.
|>
|> How is this difference dealt with when speaking, rather than when writing?

By context and accentuation.

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Andreas Schwab                                      "And now for something
schwab@issan.cs.uni-dortmund.de                      completely different"
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