Re: Written forms (was Re: Moi, le Kou)

On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 01:36:03AM -0500, Roger Mills wrote:
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> One student had served with the Peace Corps in Malaysia; her name was Pat.
> One day she confessed that her Malaysian friends called her "Fat"-- short
> for Fatima-- because they thought "Pat" was inelegant.
LOL!!! Now an English speaker could really take offense at that one :-P


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