Re: Words with multiple meanings across languages
From: Harlan Messinger (h.messinger_at_comcast.net)
Date: 10/06/04
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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 11:50:34 -0400
"Douglas G. Kilday" <fufluns@chorus.net> wrote in message
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> "Jacques Guy" <jguy@alphalink.com.au> wrote ...
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> > Well, "across languages", wasn't it?
> > So I contribute the first example:
> >
> > "MEAT SALE"
> >
> > The languages being English and French.
>
> The U.S. Navy used to publish a journal called NAVSEA. I think this was a
> bureaucratic abbreviation for 'Naval Sea Systems Command' or the like, but
> it makes perfect sense in Latin.
It's not just the name of a journal. It's one of the Navy's primary
subdivisions.
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