That reminds me of that little Romanian dictionary that translated "fad" as
homosexual. My Romanian friend was quite confused about just how the
conversation had taken "that" ture into left field. LOL
Never trust a bilingual dictionary. Always check.
Adam
So lift the cup of joy and take a big drink.
In spite of it all it's a beautiful world.
-------Suzanne Knutzen
>From: Colin Halverson <CHalvrson@...>
>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>Subject: On Russian
>Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 22:36:19 EST
>
>I have a Russian-English picture dictionary and I noticed that the word
>given
>in Russian for "South America" is actually "South Africa." Is that right?
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