Re: conlan/natlang coincidences
| From: | J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 19, 2003, 3:30 |
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In a message dated 2003:06:18 09:21:33 AM, leland@STUNIX.SALEMIU.EDU writes:
>Korean "dung" has the same meaning as English. I don't believe it is a
>loanword.
IIRC the Mandarin word /bu.Sa(r\)/ has roughly the same meaning as the
English word "bullshit."
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