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Re: CHAT: silly names

From:Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...>
Date:Saturday, March 17, 2001, 2:02
The first syllable is bai not ba.  I hear it daily.  It seems to be the
nicest thing my little students can call each other.

Adam


>From: Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...> >Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...> >To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU >Subject: Re: CHAT: silly names >Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 14:36:17 -0800 > > > > > > > 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 ;) > >-------ferko >Ferenc Gy. Valoczy > >Suurt chugunikka peene ahjo suhe et toukka. > >Virtual Votia - Vaddjamaa Internetaza: http://www.geocities.com/uralica >railways page: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/3976/ >25kV 50Hz: http://www.mp3.com/25kV50Hz
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