Objects and People50: Iyi günler, YüzYüz!

Author: 100Faces

Date: July 22, 2007

by 100Faces
7-22-07
Here's another letter from Turkey. Ömer says that by rendering totally unacceptable and inappropriate remarks on the Turkish language you have hurt his nationalist feelings, Mr. 100Faces.
What can I do? It's a weird language. Look, I've done some research on the internet. Did you know that the regular plural endings "-ler" and "-lar" are only used in Turkish when no reference is ...
[sound of yawning]
... made to exact numbers, but if there is exact reference, no plural suffix is attached to the word stem. So "some cats" is "kediler", but "two cats" is "iki kedi". Strange, isn't it?
[again sound of yawning]. Ah yes, and you got another letter from the park bench who would like to say thank you for his own strip.
You're welcome, Benchie.