Re: Primary Interjections - Universals?
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, April 6, 2002, 17:42 |
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Christophe Grandsire scripsit:
> daa /da:/: come on!
Is that in the literal sense of "Follow me!" or the rather more common
use these days of "Don't try to deceive me."?
> sii /si:/: well, ehh... (when you don't kno what to say).
The English for this is /@/, dragged out as long as necessary,
usually written "uh" or "er". In Spanish it's "este" (= "that is").
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John Cowan <jcowan@...> http://www.reutershealth.com
I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_
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