worldlanglist at Yahoo! Groups

Re: [Private Photo Share] Cali Girl- Has sent you private photos.

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:48:28 GMT

... I generally quit lists when spammers get in. Jens may also want to consider setting it up so new subscribers are always moderated. You can set them to

Re: [Private Photo Share] Cali Girl- Has sent you private photos.

steve rice — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:15:57 GMT

... I wish they'd do that on the Sona list; we get stuff like this a few times a month. Steve

Re: [Private Photo Share] Cali Girl- Has sent you private photos.

Jens Wilkinson — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:37:00 GMT

... Sorry everybody about this. I changed the settings so now it requires my permission to join the group. Jens Wilkinson Neo Patwa language:

Re: Interjection of spitting

zeinelabidin — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:09:03 GMT

... This also the same in the Arab world. Specially old ladies in my country. They do the same. :)

Re: Interjection of spitting

lingwadeplaneta — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:15:31 GMT

... So tfu is not only Russian. Nice to know. ... In R they say "tfu-tfu-tfu" to put off bad luck: - How is his health? - Good so far. Tfu-tfu-tfu. (speaker

Re: Interjection of spitting

zeinelabidin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:28:06 GMT

... I have to say "hashak" or "7ashak" which means "away from you". This word is always said when any bad or offensive word is mentioned. For example if

Re: Interjection of spitting

zeinelabidin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:12:10 GMT

... Yes you are correct. In Arabic it's tuf or tfu.

Re: Interjection of spitting

steve rice — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:04:06 GMT

... But the typical onomatopoeia for spitting is built around /tu/, with optional leading /p/ and/or closing /i/, so the full version is /ptui/, usually

Interjection of spitting

lingwadeplaneta — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:39:10 GMT

I'm looking for interjection reflecting the process of spitting. I am not sure that it exists in English, although my dic gives a lot of interjections for

Nothing, nobody, somebody etc.

lingwadeplaneta — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:03:03 GMT

Hao, I've found in the SASXSEK dic: NO - nothing, nobody, nowhere UO - one; somebody; something; anything Isn't that too many meanings for one word.

Re: and revisited.

cafaristeir — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:43:50 GMT

Sellamat prients ! Indeed, it seems to me that the Dutch never seriously sought to impose Netherlandic in Indonesia, though, of course, it was an official

Re: and revisited.

Jens Wilkinson — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:26:35 GMT

... And there is something else also, a historical rather than linguistic fact. In 1941, the Japanese drove the Dutch out of Indonesia, and essentially

Re: and revisited.

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:49:55 GMT

... Literacy may have been an issue at the time. I know it had something to do with convergence with Malay though they ar distinct dialects. Javanese is also

Re: and revisited.

risto@... — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:12:02 GMT

... I suppose literacy was low in Indonesia back then, so it wasn't a big deal. Also Indonesian wasn't yet as widely spoken in Indonesia at that time as it is

Re: and revisited.

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:06:04 GMT

... I do put a hook on my but don't do the line across the top of the uppercase like a lot of people do. ... That's it but realize they went toward Malay