Re: Afrasian?
| From: | Jeff Jones <jeffsjones@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, October 12, 2002, 21:13 |
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On Sat, 12 Oct 2002 21:00:19 +0100, =?iso-8859-1?q?Jan=20van=20Steenbergen?
= <ijzeren_jan@...> wrote:
> --- Andreas Johansson wrote:
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>> >But if you like, an alternative to "Eurasia" could be perhaps "Euras" or
>> >"Euraz"?
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>> Where's that "z" from? I certainly prefer "Eurasia" to "Euras" or similar
>> anyway.
>
>From Dutch. Our word for Asia is "Azië". This was also the name of a
>Chinese restaurant in my native town that we used to visit frequently when
>I was younger.
>
>Jan
I suppose if anyone asked for Chinese food, they were told they could walk
to Asia! (incidently, there's a Chinese restaurent called Asia a 2 blocks
from where I live now)
Re your comments about Eurasica/Jurassica/Euro-aphasia (?): LOL
Jeff J.
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