Re: Esperanto and Interlingua

11 Mar 2007 19:29:38 -0700: "mb" <azythos2@xxxxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:

Padraic Brown wrote:

I don't think that's the case here. There's nothing in "malsano" that
indicates "badness or evil" -- that is, no moral connotation at all.

No?
You are just confirming the rule that no Romance speaker should come
into contact with Esperanto --just to avoid getting upset.

Malsano is the word for "unhealthy", even with a "dangerous, evil"
connotation in all Romances, with the appropriate sound change where
needed.

If you deem sano morally positive, then malsano is morally negative.
That doesn't give mal a negative connotation, it's just your
interpretation of sano.

Is malgranda = small also 'dangerous, evil'?
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Ruud Harmsen - http://rudhar.com


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