Re: Accents
| From: | Almaran Dungeonmaster <dungeonmaster@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, January 15, 2002, 9:09 |
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SuomenkieliMaa wrote:
> --- Almaran Dungeonmaster wrote:
> >> "Mag het een onsje meer zijn?"
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> *puzzled*
> ....which means "may the one little ounce (meer) you"
It means, literally "May it be an ouncelet more?", where I used 'ouncelet'
as a diminutive of a Dutch 'ounce' (100 gr). It is used when weighing
something, and it is a little more than asked for, but usually a little less
than an whole extra ounce (100 gr).
Maarten