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> From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU]On
> Behalf Of Frank George Valoczy
> Sent: Saturday, 17 March 2001 9:36 AM
> To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> Subject: Re: CHAT: silly names
>
>
> > >
> > > To use the one word I know in Cantonese: /tSi:sing/
> > >
> >
> > Does that mean "crazy" or suchlike? In which case it would be pronounced
> > more /tsi:si:n/. I'm not good at transcribing tones.
> >
>
> yes, crazy...like /baqi/ (or whatever!) in mandarin...
>
> /baqi/ (note! its in pinyin!) is funny, because [ba:tSi] is the word that
> a child will use to adress a man when speaking hungarian =)
>
> ie, man is crazy ;)
>
It's also Italian for kisses _baci_ isn't it?
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