Re: Possessive forms in Dutch.

Every time someone subscribes and is potentially in one of the exception cases, have it add a record to a "people needing their possessives checked" database. Use a default of "s" or whatever's the most common in the meantime, then when you have a few moments to spare, view and tweak the ones which need tweaking.

($_='kkvvttuubbooppuuiiffssqqffssmmiibbddllffss')
=~y~b-v~a-z~s; print

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Re^2: Possessive forms in Dutch. by bgreenlee (Friar) on Jan 31, 2005 at 07:50 UTC
You could also jumpstart it by finding a list of the thousand or so most common Dutch names and paying some poor student a few guilders to make them possessive. -b	[reply]
Re^3: Possessive forms in Dutch. by Anonymous Monk on Jan 31, 2005 at 15:40 UTC
paying some poor student a few guilders The fellow would be quite upset to be remunerated in worthless money... ;)	[reply]
Re^2: Possessive forms in Dutch. by greenFox (Vicar) on Jan 31, 2005 at 08:16 UTC
Or just make it a user option: "The possesive of my name is:". And after a while you would have a good reference built up to use for defaults... -- Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. -Basho	[reply]