Re: CHAT: Support/Oppression of Conlanging
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 20, 2002, 5:29 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Pavel Iosad" <pavel_iosad@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: CHAT: Re: Support/Oppression of Conlanging
> Hello,
>
> Clint wrote:
> > [Ivan] Grozny=great=terrible? Ivan the terrible?
>
> The Terrible.
>
> > Just checking my cognates. Isn't "grozny" also
> > related to the Polish unit of currency?
>
> The Polish currency is zloty, conneccted with R. "zoloto" "gold" (and,
> in many dialects, excrements. Really), cognate to "zolotoy" "golden".
>
The smaller unit is 'groszy', which could be what he's thinking about....