Re: CHAT: various infotaining natlang tidbits
| From: | AcadonBot <acadon@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 13, 2000, 23:48 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lars Henrik Mathiesen" <thorinn@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: various infotaining natlang tidbits
> > Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 17:13:03 CDT
> > From: Danny Wier <dawier@...>
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> > >From: Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...>
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> > > Pikanini namba wan bilong Queen <Prince (of Wales) Charles>
> No, I just think someone has been passing bad Tok Pisin in the streets
> of Copenhagen. (Pickaninny is a _US_ 'slave' word.)
From Portuguese pidgin, meaning "little," as Spanish pequen~o.
Not everywhere with the same connotations.
> Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT
marked)
>