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Re: Have a Happy Austral Solstice

From:DOUGLAS KOLLER <laokou@...>
Date:Friday, December 22, 2000, 3:57
From: "Steg Belsky"

> > Söi Rhanukats Techetneket la Kfazhal Nöi! > > (Happy Hannukah)
> Wow, how does that long thing mean Happy Hhanuka? :-)
> DzuwáúrgÚr Sudtub I Sudthiya!
It's not so much longer than yours, especially if you pull out the double arrows. :) (only two syllables more than yours if I'm reading correctly). And anyway, with circumlocution comes the joy of listening to yourself talk, a Géarthçins fixation. So, in Géarthnuns, the longer the better.
> > Söi Rhanukats Techetneket la Kfazhal Nöi!
a Hannukah-nom beautiful-nom present you-dat/pl be As we've mentioned in earlier postings, this kind of sentiment could be truncated, depending on whom one was talking to: (Söi) Rhanakats Techetneket! (a) Hannukah-nom beautiful-nom As I was extending the greeting to the list (a whole bunch of people I've never met personally), I went for the fullest, most polite form. Chí ngaibeçöls sírfíl löt nsaibeth. (The first candle has been lit)
> > Söi Rhanukats Techetneket la Kfazhal Nöi!
Kou