Re: A little Japanese test

B. Ito wrote:

"Richard VanHouten" <richvh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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B. Ito wrote:
Here's another mischievous Japanese test.

Put the following Japanese sentence into English:

３．　魚と豚（と）（で）はどちらが足がはやいか。

3-a. 　 (grammatical but
unrealistic meaning)

3-b.

3-c.

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B. Ito

3a: Which is faster on its feed, fish or pigs?
3b: Which is faster, fish or pigs?
3c: Which spoils quicker, fish or pork?
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3c is a good translation and perfect.

If the 'feed' be a typo of 'feet', the 3a and 3b carry the same
meaning stating about their running race, aren't they?

Must be 'feed' because most fish don't even have feet. And since fish
feed is usually smaller fish, and pig feed is slop that just lies there,
obviously fish feed is faster.

That makes it different from 3b, which compares swimming velocity with
running.

Bart
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