Fame and glory
This is really really really spooky. I’ve been quoted in the Language Log… I commented on a list of John Doe names (at Carob (a blog)) in different languages where the Finnish version “Matti Meikäläinen” was spelled wrong. Now when I was reading LL my name was there! (And a LINK to me!) *faint* From a post by Mark Liberman:
Minna from all-things-me added a more complete and believable correction of the Finnish name:
just letting you know that the Finnish version is a bit “off”. It’s actually Matti Meikäläinen
Minna should know, being actually Finnish, but the fact is that I should have see (sic) the vowel harmony problem too.
This is like… I don’t know… Robbie or DD said (not past tense, just an “if”) my name… *happy shivers* If I had foreseen this I would’ve made my comment more linguistic and elegant.
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