CHAT: Japanese English (was Re: Correction, I hope,of M/C URL)
From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
Date: | Thursday, March 23, 2000, 0:41 |
Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> I wondered that about 'halation'. But if this one is a word, 'escalation'
> could well be :) .
Escalation is definitely a word, and a not-uncommon word either. Simply
the state of escalating, getting more serious or more important,
especially in the context of tensions or war between two nations.
> Yet that's right! Well, in fact, that's not worse than "biinasu robbumi
> cheen" ("Venus Love me Chain!") or "biinasu robbu en byuti shokku" ("Venus
> Love and Beauty Shock!")
Jeez, sounds kinky. :-)
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