Re: Arabo-Romance (was Re: Arabic transliteration)

En réponse à John Cowan <jcowan@...>:

>
> That reminds me: what is the story with el azucar/la azucar?  I have
> actually found a web page that says:
>
>         La azucar en la sangre, a un nivel mas de 150 mg/dl, se le
>         llama hiperglucemia.  Cuando hay una infeccion dental, se le
>         puede subir el azucar a la sangre.
>
Well, 'azúcar' is one of those nouns that can be indifferently masculine or
feminine in Spanish. 'El azúcar blanco'/'la azúcar blanca' are both equally
possible.

> > Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading
> role.
>
> Don't let anyone else direct it, either.
>
Hehe, who said that God wasa the Great Celestial Movie Director? ;))))

> --
> Only do what only you can do.           John Cowan
> <jcowan@...>
>   --Edsger W. Dijkstra,                 http://www.reutershealth.com
>     deceased 6 August 2002              http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
>
Suspiciously Dutch (or Frisian?) name (actually, I know a few Dijkstra at the
laboratory ;) ). Who was this person?

By the way, if I did only what only I can do, I would have rather emtpy
days :))) .

Christophe.

http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.

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