Re: Primary Interjections - Universals?
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, April 8, 2002, 9:53 |
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jogloran scripsit:
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>> When a Dutch person sneezes, he says: "Hatsjoe!"
>> When a Polish person sneezes, he says: "Apsik!"
> Hah, that's odd. The Japanese sneezing onomatopoeia is "hakushon!"
In English, for the record, a sneezer says "Hachoo!", same as Dutch,
or sometimes the aspiration is left off.
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