Re: Con-Alphabets & Real Languages
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 30, 2001, 9:31 |
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Quoting Roger Mills <romilly@...>:
> The sole Kash speaker on Earth at the moment has decided to adapt
> Spanish words for concepts lacking in his language, so /pero/ 'dog',
> /keso/ 'cheese', /tiyos/ 'God' etc. etc. but even Spanish phonology
> sometimes runs afoul of Kash rules.
When you borrow it, do you give it some new nuance of meaning?
In Texan English, the word "queso" /keso/ means "[chile con]
queso" i.e., the melted cheese and vegetable dip that is a
normal appetizer when you go out to eat (even at many non-TexMex
restaurants).
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