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Re: Insult (jara: Weekly Vocab 8)

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Sunday, May 25, 2003, 17:00
Quoting Camilla Drefvenborg <elmindreda@...>:

> Jan van Steenbergen de ortekera: > > > --- John Cowan skrzypszy: > > > >> My favorite insult: "Your parents were brothers!" > > let me try that in Nindára. > > nay ni leyomya de tamanera! > > ...to which most Darans would answer "sorry, no", except for the few > so > adopted. in any case, the idea that it was meant as an insult would > probably never enter sanna i (his/her) mind.
I understand what you mean, but surely tone and accompanying facial expression would satisfyingly convey the unfriendly intent in most circumstances? Andreas

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