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Re: Weekly Vocab Fifteenish

From:Isidora Zamora <isidora@...>
Date:Thursday, September 18, 2003, 19:27
> If it was you, then what color are the Kash, because I > > remember that the face was colored blackish with something like > > squid-ink. > >Well they are black, of course, and furry. (Smooth and short-haired, like >your average kittycat).
Oh. I had simply assumed that they were human. Never make that assumption on this list.
> Actually I think they'd find it odd to carve a >figure out of a foodstuff, unless it was meant to be eaten. (It's Bad to >waste food.) Perhaps it would be done as part of a whimsical or celebratory >feast.
I don't think that cheese-carving is something that the Cwendaso would ever engage in. Their food simply is not decorative. In fact, most of it would probably *look* rather unappetizing to our eyes, not that it doesn't *taste* just fine. It's rather like Ethiopian food that way, looks ugly, tastes great. The big difference is that Cwendaso food is not spicy like Ethiopian. Not unless the cook really overdoes it on the garlic. They are quite fond of garlic and onions in just about everything. One of my favorite Indonesian languages uses a
>compound of "squash+press" for 'government'.
LOL! Now that's great.
> > Is Indonesia a very muti-cultural country? >Yes, though the vast-majority Javanese tend to overwhelm everyone else. One >rule of thumb: if someone gives you a direct "No" in answer to a request or >proposal, they're not Javanese.
Cultural issue with the Javanese? How do they say no? Isidora

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Roger Mills <romilly@...>