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Re: Alphabet (you're a fish?)

From:Eric Christopherson <rakko@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 6, 2001, 5:38
On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 05:34:33PM -0500, laokou wrote:
> From: "Eric Christopherson" > > Wagahai? > > Yep, wagahai. The characters in Chinese are "wo3bei4", which my dictionary > translates as "we". There *is* supposed to be some humor in the title, as > here is this little cat using such a highfalutin word for "I", I guess much > like using the imperial "we" in English ("We are a cat.").
Not entirely uncatlike :O) -- Eric Christopherson, a.k.a. Contrarian Conlanger Rakko ^_^