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Re: Tok Pisin: _bilong_ & _long_

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, June 15, 2000, 0:16
Jonathan Chang wrote:
> _moa long 40 meri_ 'more than 40 women' "
Is this _meri_ derived from the name Mary? -- "If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God!" - Ralph Waldo Emerson "Glassín wafilái pigasyúv táv pifyániivav nadusakyáavav sussyáiyatantu wawailáv ku suslawayástantu ku usfunufilpyasváditanva wafpatilikániv wafluwáiv suttakíi wakinakatáli tiDikáufli!" - nLáf mÁldu nÍmasun ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor