Re: Your vote on a common global language

From: Tak To (takto_at_alum.mit.edu.-)
Date: 12/08/04 

Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 23:31:54 -0500

Miguel Cruz <mnc@admin.u.nu> writes:
MC> Yes, but like I said, "mother" is one of those words where
MC> Chinese is terser than average.
MC>
MC> Now try it with "limp"

Lee Sau Dan wrote:
LSD> 肢. One character.

Er, that would be _limb_. Perhaps 蹩 (u+8e69), or 蹣 (u+8e63), 蹁
(u+8e41), 跚 (u+8dda), 跔 (u+8dd4), 躅 (u+8e85), 癟 (u+765f),
蹍 (u+8e4d), 瘸 (u+7638)...

MC> or "stash".

藏 (u+85cf)?

Tak 

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