Re: CHAT hundi (was: Some more Madzhi grammar)
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 21, 2002, 11:06 |
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=?iso-8859-1?q?Jan=20van=20Steenbergen?= scripsit:
> Hehe. This reminds me of an argument I had a few days
> ago with my girl friend. My parrots were noisy and she
> was angry with them because they could wake up the
> baby. So I said: "You can't blame those parrots for
> parroting!" (i.e. doing whatever parrots are supposed
> to do because they are parrots, like: singing,
> yelling, flying...)
In English, "parrot" has a specific meaning: "to repeat
words or phrases by rote without understanding them"
and is typically applied to human beings, not parrots.
But it's a reasonable neologism in context.
--
John Cowan <jcowan@...> http://www.reutershealth.com
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han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_