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Re: Fictional auxlangs as artlangs (was Re: Poll)

From:René Uittenbogaard <ruittenb@...>
Date:Friday, December 19, 2008, 9:49
2008/12/18 Lars Finsen <lars.finsen@...>:

> We have this word in Norwegian, too, borrowed from German, no doubt, but > spelt "skadefryd". And here the meaning is the joy over the misery of > others. I think it is the same in German, actually.
And in Dutch, only we use different roots: "leedvermaak" is from "leed" (suffering, pain; from "lijden": to suffer) and "vermaak" (entertainment) René

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