Re: Primary Interjections - Universals?
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, April 6, 2002, 17:39 |
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Christian Thalmann scripsit:
> German: /ps:t/, Swiss German /pS:t/, Obrenje /hMs:/ (it's also the
> imperative form of the verb |cusme| "to be silent").
Interesting! In English, /ps:t/ is the sound used to *surrepititously*
attract someone's attention.
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han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_
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