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Re: antonyms: regretful & tasty

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Thursday, May 15, 2003, 12:46
En réponse à Peter Clark :


> > Esperanto: jen - behold, here is (sounds antiquidated in english, but it's > > well used in esperanto and is very useful) > Indeed. The Russian equivalent is "vot," and now I cannot imagine > how English >can possibly get along without it.
French has *two* words for it: voici and voilà, the distinction being of the order of "this" and "that" :)) . And I find them both extremely useful indeed :)) . Christophe Grandsire. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.

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