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- From: iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Ivan A Derzhanski)
- Newsgroups: sci.lang
- Subject: Re: HAPPY NEW YEAR in 100 Languages...
- Message-ID: <12297@hogg.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 10 Jan 93 22:13:35 GMT
- References: <1993Jan8.034758.1@climat.geology.yale.edu>
- Organization: Centre for Cognitive Science, Edinburgh, UK
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- In article <1993Jan8.034758.1@climat.geology.yale.edu> zhang@climat.geology.yale.edu writes:
- <[...] I have collected 33 languages up
- <to now. But it is still far from 100. I assume the languages people
- <in this group know are more diverse, and there are more linguists and
- <polyglots here who can contribute toward this goal.
- <
- < Please *FOLLOWUP* this post to add your language(s) to this list.
- <[...] This is a form of cultural exchange, and it is interesting both
- <culturally and linguistically.
- <
- <-------------------Now we have 33 languages-------------------
-
- I was just going to join the exchange and add a number of my pet
- languages to the list, when I saw that among the 33 "we" had the
- following:
-
- <Balfang: Halfapilfy Nelfew Yelfear ! (Happy New Year)
-
- <Pig Latin: Appy-hay Ew-nay Ear-yay!! (Happy new Year)
-
- Not a bad start. Will rot13 be #34?
-
- I think you shouldn't have much trouble making up the required
- expression in 67 more "languages", even without the help of the
- sci.lang linguists and polyglots.
-
- --
- `D'ye mind tellin me whit the two o ye are gaun oan aboot?' (The Glasgow
- Ivan A Derzhanski (iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk; iad@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu) Gospel)
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