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Re: List of natlangs

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 16, 1998, 12:45
Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> I wanted to add that in French, we also say "c'est du chinois pour moi" as > in Spanish. I wonder why this is the same in two different languages. > Surely a cultural thing...
Probably either one borrowed the idiom from the other, or it has a common origin in Vulgar Latin, or both borrowed it from a third lang. -- "Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia." -- Joseph Wood Krutch http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files/ ICQ #: 18656696 AOL screen-name: NikTailor