Theiling Online    Sitemap    Conlang Mailing List HQ   

Re: The Bogan Commentaries

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Saturday, May 27, 2000, 23:18
Danny Wier wrote:
> Mick is a pejorative term for an Irish-American, from the name Michael.
I thought it came from the common prefix Mc-/Mac-.
> And in Russian, there's an old expression that translates to something like > this: "here's Yuri and Grandma for you".
Meaning what? -- "If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God!" - Ralph Waldo Emerson "Glassín wafilái pigasyúv táv pifyániivav nadusakyáavav sussyáiyatantu wawailáv ku suslawayástantu ku usfunufilpyasváditanva wafpatilikániv wafluwáiv suttakíi wakinakatáli tiDikáufli!" - nLáf mÁldu nÍmasun ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor