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> In <b9b3de8.0401272315.401c2941@posting.google.com>,
> branchofjesse@hotmail.com (Jerzy Jakubowski) wrote:
>
> >Seriously though, in that case, we accountants would look at the event
> >that gave rise to the putative debt and see where the transfer of
> >value was. In this question we see the transfer of value, not economic
> >value, but lexical value, since we see the abundance of tongues in the
> >world.
>
> Lexical value? What units, please?
>
Kilodaveys.
Since I thought of it, I get to name the unit.
One 'davey' is a word or set phrase having the power of a lexical unit, and
all the grammar that attaches uniquely to that word (ie. its
irregulartities).
A kilodavey is a thousand of them.
> >We know they must have come from somewhere. What went in to
> >give rise to them? Ah, there is a Babel account, which refers to
> >something that exists that cannot be otherwise explained.
>
> You must have a really special meaning for those last four words,
> since on the face of it they make no sense. Care to share it with us?
> --
> Jack Dominey
> jack_dominey (at) email (dot) com
>
cannot = is not able to
be = verb of status, introduces passive voice.
otherwise = in another manner to one already stated
explained = accounted for.
Hth.
Uncle Davey
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