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Article #2243Re: HAPPY NEW YEAR in 100 Languages...
From: Ivan A Derzhanski
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:13
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:13
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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) * Centre for Cognitive Science, 2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW, UK * Cowan House, Pollock Halls, 18 Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh EH16 5BD, UK
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!darwin.sura.net!spool.mu.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!edcastle!edcogsci!iad 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 Lines: 31