Re: Nein
- From: Towse <self@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 14:06:16 -0700
gekko wrote:
Becky Sue, goddess of misc.writing, hit the spitoon and done told me
that Towse <self@xxxxxxxxx> said in
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Towse wrote:gekko wrote:<http://www.freelang.net/expressions/no.html>Are there languages where the word for "no" is more than one,I don't *think* so. ...
barkable syllable?
(Val speak ...)
A few there. Those whacky Burmese and Guarani'.
But interesting that so many seem to be one syllable.
Same deal with "yes."
<http://www.freelang.net/expressions/yes.html>
Hey, look at this: <http://www.freelang.net/expressions/peace.html>
xlate "peace"
Danish/Norwegian/Swedish: fred
Esperanto: paco
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