Re: Conlang-L-isms (was: overlong subject line)
From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
Date: | Sunday, October 5, 2003, 17:51 |
Joe scripsit:
> Well, we now have names for a lot of the English speaking countries. What's
> Cecilia? And I think Bharattia is India, but I'm not sure.
Cecilia = Rhodesia (named after Cecil Rhodes) = Zimbabwe.
You're right about Bharattia.
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