Re: antonyms: regretful & tasty
| From: | Muke Tever <muke@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, May 15, 2003, 13:26 |
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From: "Christophe Grandsire" <christophe.grandsire@...>
> >Ibran has an acronym _kfet_ /k@"fEt/ which means a place, vendor, or machine
> >that serves coffee and tea (café e thé = /kA"fE E tE/ = K F E T)
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> Funny, were you influenced by the French "cafette" /ka"fEt/, which is not
> an acronym but an abbreviation of "cafétéria"? :))
False cognate... But, I can make it standard folk etymology :x)
*Muke!
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