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Re: Name of Pilovese in other languages

From:Scotto Hlad <scott.hlad@...>
Date:Thursday, April 3, 2008, 2:05
Thank you for the compliment on the name. As for the ambassador, well, At
the very least he should be offered a class of Dom Perignon. He's such a
snob I hear. :-)

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Subject: Re: Name of Pilovese in other languages

>Scotto Hlad <scott.hlad@...> wrote:
>Anyone care to add on another natlang or conlang?
I like "Pilovese." It puts me in mind of an operetta. "My Lady, the Pilovese ambassador is here." Rather like the Grand Duchy of Fenwick! I'll hazard some guesses: Hebrew: pilovi, pilovith Swahili: kipilova Haitian Creole: pilove (analogous to franse and angle) Rumanian: pilovetse (there should be a comma under the s) Hungarian: pilovul Ecclesiastical Latin: (lingua) pilovica Senjecan: if the name of the country is Pilova, then pil