Re: Primary Interjections - Universals?

En réponse à John Cowan <jcowan@...>:

>
> Is that in the literal sense of "Follow me!" or the rather more common
> use these days of "Don't try to deceive me."?
>
Rather like French "allez !": "please carry on!", "hang in there", etc... I
thought that "come on!" also meant that.

> > 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").
>
Yep, I didn't remember how to write it down.

Christophe.

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