Re: I'm new!
| From: | Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, October 21, 2000, 23:54 |
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On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, daniel andreasson wrote:
> Yoon Ha wrote:
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> > Short stories, not novels.
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> Irrelevant Swedish false friends info:
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> In Swedish, a short story is called 'novell' and a novel is
> called "roman". Confusing, isn't it? :)
In German and French, "novel" seems to be "roman," but I *think* German
for short story is "Geschichte" and French for short story is "histoire"
(both of with, IIRC, also mean "history"). When I first encountered
"roman" in French I thought it meant "romance novel"! <G>
YHL