Re: Novel, Novella (was Re: Re: I'm new!)
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, October 23, 2000, 13:46 |
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En réponse à Dan Sulani <dnsulani@...>:
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> In Israeli Hebrew, a novel is also called "roman".
> But, in addition, the word also means "to have a passionate
> (although _not_ necessarily adulterous) affair with someone.
> As in, "Have you heard? X is having a "roman" with Y!"
In French, we have the word "romance" for this very same meaning. Funny that
love seems so much associated with Romance languages :)).
Christophe.