Re: [wolfrunners] Languages & SF/F (fwd)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, August 20, 2000, 4:01 |
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John Cowan wrote:
> Oh, I don't know. What is the English for "ruka", or "rooker" in Nadsat?
> What is the Russian for "blue"?
Well, of course there's word that don't have clear equivalents, in fact,
the vast majority of words. The point was some words do have clear
exact equivalents (ignoring homophones and metaphorical uses), like
"sun" and "moon". "Mother" comes close, but some languages also use the
same word for "aunt".
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