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Re: CHAT: silly names

From:D Tse <exponent@...>
Date:Friday, March 16, 2001, 23:39
> -----Original Message----- > 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? Imperative

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