Re: Some help with Latin

In Kazakh you "drink" medicine, even if it's in pill
form.
Of course, when it's time to eat, they will also
encourage you to "drink food".  They eat a lot of
soup.

Geoff

--- Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:

> Quoting Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > Andreas Johansson writes:
> > > Quoting Benct Philip Jonsson
> <conlang@...>:
> > >
> > > > On 2007-10-01 Adam Walker wrote:
> > > > > The Chinese "eat" medicine.  Crunch.
> Crunch.
> > > > > Blluugghhhhh!
> > > >
> > > > The Finns too, apparently.  To me the term
> > > > implies a aquescence with a necessary evil
> > > > which I revolt against.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure what language the second comment
> applies to, but I've
> > certainly
> > > heard _äta medicin_ in Swedish. In fact, I
> occasionally use it myself.
> >
> > Hmm, German does not do that, I think.  It's
> interesting that the
> > usual German 'nehmen', English 'take' has nothing
> to do with ingestion
> > at all.
>
> The *usual* verb in Swedish is _ta_ "take".
>
>  Andreas
>

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