Re: Funny words
| From: | Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 8, 2003, 15:34 |
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--- Michael Fors <micke@...> wrote: > Hello everybody!
> I know that there are closely related languages in which the same word means
> entirely different things, and where the difference is really comical.
Yes, one could make up a long list of such words in Dutch and German. I've even
seen a story (in German as spoken by a Dutch person who doesn't know German
well), which was really funny. Perhaps I can find it and post it later.
> Do any of you have this kind of humorous word similarities in your conlangs?
Well, I am the proud father of a language family (Hattic, Askaic, Megza), but I
don't think if I have such similarities. That is an error soon to be corrected,
though.
Jan
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