| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, October 19, 1998, 13:44 |
Nik Taylor wrote:> > Spanish has a related problem regarding the word "hue'sped", which > > means "host" but also "guest"! > > How do you disambiguate?The same way English-speakers discriminate between (French) "cousin" and "cousine". -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)