Re: phonology of borrowed words
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, November 25, 2002, 1:25 |
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On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 23:55:33 +0100 Roberto Suarez Soto <ask4it@...>
writes:
> "Ensaladilla rusa" ("little russian salad", so to speak) is
> a
> dish made with mahonaisse (sp?), boilt vegetables and potatoes, and
> maybe some other things. You serve it cold, and I personally love it
> %-) I guess the serving it cold is what makes it "russian" :-)
> Roberto Suarez Soto
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So then what makes a "montaña rusa" ('russian mountain', roller coaster)
Russian?
-Stephen (Steg)
"toi condio. toi tizte. toi acalorao. toi gobiao. toi quiando.
que passssa.... tu "tranqui" tronco!"
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