Re: some proverbs
| From: | Patrick Dunn <tb0pwd1@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, April 8, 2000, 6:22 |
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On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Matt Pearson wrote:
> Patrick's proverbs remind me of a Tokana proverb (the only
> good one I've been able to 'discover' so far), namely
> "inie hounne, kalie launein" ['injE 'hOwnnE, 'kaljE law'nejn]
> literally "eyes for the owl, legs for the rabbit".
>
> Any guesses as to what this proverb means?
It ap[parently means, "This is useless to me because I already have it."
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