Re: Your vote on a common global language
From: Miguel Cruz (mnc_at_admin.u.nu)
Date: 12/06/04
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Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 06:35:54 -0600
Lee Sau Dan <danlee@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> wrote:
>>>>>> "Miguel" == Miguel Cruz <mnc@admin.u.nu> writes:
> Miguel> Yes, but like I said, "mother" is one of those words where
> Miguel> Chinese is terser than average.
>
> Miguel> Now try it with "limp"
>
>ªÏ (Big5). One character.
Ah, when I look it up (simplified), I get three characters with about a
million strokes each.
> Miguel> or "stash".
>
> What's that?
A place where you put something, or the act of putting it there. Has
connotations of furtiveness which are essential to the meaning.
miguel
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