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Re: CHAT: Khmer (was: Re: Romanization of Reduced Vowels)

From:Carlos Thompson <chlewey@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 9, 1998, 17:15
Kristian Jensen wrote:

> I have always wanted to see Angkor Wat, but fear that the situation > in Kampuchea is a wee bit rocky - at least that's what I hear in the > news. Of course, one thing is what you hear in the news and another > is what's actually happening. I know that from my childhood > experiences in the Philippines. At the time, my Danish relatives in > Denmark always heard the worst and expected that my family was in > the middle of some violent revolution. So I suppose it can't be that > bad if you're really going back there this January.
I live in the middle of a country with a civil war going on, and where pe= ople has no respect for International Humanitary Right. An underdeveloped cou= ntry with people starving and ... And I live like those were simple news. I don't know how bad news from C= olombia are but life is going on, and people has time to joy and live, so thinks = are not that bad... at least we don't feel them that bad.
> It seems I'm not the only one in CONLANG-L with relatives in good'ol > Southeast Asia. 8-) I miss those breakfasts with green mangoe juice, > guavas, guyabanos, papaya with lime, and a whole bunch of other > tropical fruits you can't get here in Europe. <sigh>
I missed them too when I was living in Europe... not because you couldn't= get it, jus because they where more expensive than apples and potatoes and th= erefor you coudn't eat them everyday. -- o_o =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3Dw=3D=3D=3Dw=3D=3D=3D=3D####### Chlewey Thompin ## #### http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/9028/ ## ## ## ------------------------------------------------##-## ## ### - =BFPor qu=E9 no? - No tiene sentido. - =BFQu=E9 sentido? El sentido no existe. - El sentido inverso. O el sentido norte. El sentido com=FAn, tal ve= z. O sin sentido, como aqu=ED. (-- Graeville 2)