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Re: Sayings of the Wise #1,2 (Kash)

From:caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 20, 2005, 18:21
>>Charlie wrote:
>> Never test the water with both feet.
>Roger Mills <rfmilly@M...> wrote: >yanda lunda ñoni sawuni umit aceçti loroni >do.not ever test water.the use foot.pl.your both.of-them
>Much more emphatic: yanda talúnda ('never')... "Don't _ever_...
>The literal-minded Kash might want to know whether you were testing >the depth of the water (nuroni sawu) or its temp. (fasañi
['hotness']
>sawu)
When I translated this I assumed it meant "depth." I never thought of this nuance. That's probably because I always test water temp with my elbow! :-) Charlie http://wiki.frath.net/user:caeruleancentaur