Rant from lunch

[firstfrost]

Okay, whose fault is this? What were they thinking? It's like an Easter egg or something....

I hit	him	with the ball	I hit	her	with the ball
I took	his	ball	I took	her	ball
The ball is	his		The ball is	hers

Comments

Re: Could I have a side of context with that rant, please?

[firstfrost.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I don't explicitly remember the Niven story, but I tend to forget things quickly. I suspect you're right and that I've read it. :)

I was also thinking of things like Spanish having different verbs for the transient "to be" versus the permanent "to be" in a way that English doesn't.