Re: Kiss (was: Many Words for One Concept (was: Interesting Words))

--- In conlang@y..., SuomenkieliMaa <suomenkieli@Y...> wrote:

> LOL... sorry, but somehow to me, these look like
> "ga-zun-tite" (sorry, I have no clue how to spell the
> German word), we use in the States to say "bless you"
> after someone sneezes.
LOL, amazing what English phonology can do to a word.  ;-)
It's Gesundheit /g@"zUndhaIt/.



> > "bekken"
>
> Sort of like to BECKON someone - that's what it makes
> me think of.
It sounds more like French "bec" (or is it "beq"?), which
also means kiss (though the original meaning is "beak").


> > I am sure there are a few more, but these are the
> > main ones.
>
> Wow, I never meant for this kissing issue to go so
> far!  Just curious, does anyone have a conculture
> where kissing activity would be considered vulgar or
> pyschopathic?  That might be interesting to hear
> about!
The Inuit rub noses rather than kiss, since they use
their mouth as a tool (for work with wool and sinews etc.),
and consider it unclean.  At least that's why I've heard.
Might as well be just another urban legend about them.


-- Christian Thalmann

Reply