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Re: antonyms: regretful & tasty

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Thursday, May 15, 2003, 12:54
En réponse à Jan van Steenbergen :


>BTW We also have the expression "op alle slakken zout leggen" (putting salt on >all snails), meaning: turning the smallest details into big problems.
Now that's an expression I find really strange, since salting snails is a necessary prerequisite in their preparation if you want to eat them. That's how you clean them... How can this be taken to be making problems? Christophe Grandsire. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.

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Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
John Cowan <cowan@...>