Re: Polysemy
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 21, 2007, 14:48 |
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On 6/20/07, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com <MorphemeAddict@...> wrote:
> What's the first word 'sluS'? It means 'land'?
Whups, I did it again.
Back in high school, I translated the phrase before I learned any
other Russian, and came up with слушь when looking up "land" in the
dictionary. AFAICT, it actually means "listen", and I have no idea
how I got those wires crossed. The word in the slogan should be земля
/z^jeml^ja/.
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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