Fisch dixit:

>That's because the wimmin in Germany, Fraus, had more to say than
the Herrs.  They, like Freud, think that everything is a phallic
symbol, and therefore the 4 legs of a table are what THEY dream
about as not one, not two, by 4 gigantic penises.<

Does that explain why Chinese tables have such short legs? Or none?

Languages are never logical, they just ARE. I thought you understood that,
speaking more than one. But you somehow insist on arguing ding-dong style
about their relative 'merits'. They don't have any. They are the way they
are, and that's just fine. The more you know the more you appreciate that
fact. Instead of always wondering why THEY don't do it the way WE do.

Trivia quiz: the latest generations of Japanese are much taller than their
ancestors (allegedly). The main reason being? (No, not better food).

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