Re: CHAT: Rumpelstiltskin (was Re: milimpulaktasin)

From: "daniel andreasson" <daniel.andreasson@...>
> > And of course this leads to the conclusion that in
> > this culture, gnomes are really a sort of mythical
> > intelligent flightless bird (an emu or cassowary,
> > perhaps).
>
> Haha! :)
>
> This gives three new entries in my growing wordlist:
>
> milim     substantially deviant from the norm in aesthetic
>           appearance, i.e. be beautiful or be ugly
>
> pulak     1) be red 2) be angry/mad
>
> tasin     1) bird 2) the name of a mythological creature,
>           which kidnaps babies. It resembles a large
>           flightless bird, not unlike the one on Sesame
>           Street.
PS: A warning note.  Behold here an example of the kinds of language and culture
change that appears when innocent translation exercises go bad!   ;)   Be
warned, and beware!

    *Muke!

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