Re: A new translation exercise (was: lexicons)

Irina Rempt wrote:

> On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Carlos Thompson wrote:
>
> > Ohoe.
> > not-like-and-decide-for-other-thing
>
> Very succinct. Is there any other language that expresses this with
> a single word? I think this is what Suzette Haden Elgin (or at least
> some of her protagonists) would call an Encoding.
In Colombia Sing Languages (and I supose ASL too) are there some words
(signs) that express this kind of concepts which would need a whole
phrase for expresing its whole meaning.  Of course, if you are
translating back you could just say _ohoe_ =3D dislike.

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   - =BFPor qu=E9 no?
   - No tiene sentido.
   - =BFQu=E9 sentido?  El sentido no existe.
   - El sentido inverso.  O el sentido norte.  El sentido com=FAn, tal
vez.  O sin sentido, como aqu=ED.
    (-- Graeville 2)