Re: Idioms (was Website update)
| From: | Chris Peters <alpha_leonis@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 8, 1999, 2:48 |
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Speaking of interesting expressions ... well, this isn't really an
idiom, but an odd little linguistic quirk that I like a lot. In Japanese,
the word "ame" can mean either "rain" or "candy", depending on which
syllable takes the pitch-accent. (Most every language has a quirk like
that, right?) What I like about it is that in the 2 major dialects of
Japanese, the 2 meanings are reversed. :) I really don't know what point
that has, except we have a new Japanese list member, and I rather like it
anyway ...
-- Chris
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