Re: linguistic "flavours" (was Re: Missing Words)

In a message dated 3/20/02 12.30.57 AM, ferko (valoczy@VCN.BC.CA) writes:

>German is both a snowflake and a snowball.
    I'd also add "... and a case of tongue frostbite." But that is just my
take on German ;)

Hanuman Zhang {HANoomaan JAHng}=> Xanumaan Dja:xng /'hanuma~n  dZa'hN/

~§~

"...So what is life for? Life is for beauty and substance and sound and
colour; and even those are often forbidden by law [socio-cultural
conventions]. . . . Why not be free and live your own life? Why follow other
people's rules and live to please others?..." ~Lieh-Tzu/Liezi, Taoist Sage
(c. 450- c. 375 BCE)

_Ars imitatur Naturam in sua operatione._ <from Latin> = "Art is the
imitation of Nature in her manner of operation." It turns out that Chaos is
nature's creativity: "The most beautiful order is a heap of sweepings piled
up at random." ~ Heraclitus, c. 500 BCE

~§~ jinsei to iu mono wa, kinchou na geijyutsu to ieru deshou ~§~
<from Japanese> = lit. "one can probably say that 'life' is a precious
artform")