Shu: At a certain point all words break down: it might take three thousand years, or just three minutes - but ineviably they break.
Juanita: That's good. If things didn't break down, there'd be nothing fresh.
Ella: Fair enough, but some words seem broken from the onset.

ROCK und BACH: Some Pragmatic Funk / ROCK und BACH: Une Certaine Trouille Pragmatique / ROCK und BACH: Un Cierto Canguelo Pragmático / ROCK und BACH: Etwas Pragmatische Riesige Angst A NP-fronting device appearing in some cleft languages is Rock und Bach, an art form dating from the 16th century. LetÕs consider this example: Ach! Ich Got da§ desire: We're gon'na do it - ja! An earlier form of this genre has been noted in the Sumex Archives. The contrast is striking - K¿mmst du bis meine bedroom Got any pork chops, babes? Ach k¿mmst, let's shŒken im recht! Dr. Nerdbaum has suggested (2001: 113) this referent is transtopical, though temperate varieties have been noted near Hamburg. Dr. Schwartzbrain (2078:221) offers a different proposition: Rock und Bach was a 20th Century bourgeoise aberration corrected only after the Info-Ring began automatic filtering in 2510.

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