Re: Singing in foreign langs. was Re: Greetings
| From: | Sally Caves <scaves@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 13, 2003, 17:37 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Cowan" <jcowan@...>
> Christophe Grandsire scripsit:
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> > "Alouette" is just the French name for "lark". Admit the word sounds
much
> > better in French :))) .
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> Very true. But "lark's vomit" [lA:kswOmIt] sounds much more appropriate
> as a candy ingredient in English.
WHAT?????? <G> I'm not getting a reference, here, I don't think. Candy
Ingredient. Hmmm. Joke?? Word in a foreign language? German? lakswomit.
"Meadowlark" is a beautiful word for me."
Sally Caves
scaves@frontiernet.net
Eskkoat ol ai sendran, rohsan nuehra celyil takrem bomai nakuo.
"My shadow follows me, putting strange, new roses into the world."
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