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Etaoin Shrdlu
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Are all those who reacted studying Arabic now? It seems to be all the fashion.
No, I've long since mastered the art of clicking a hyperlink.Are all those who reacted studying Arabic now? It seems to be all the fashion.
We've got that one in Czech: dát = dare; předat = per +dare .. and it means here "to give something unwillingly in a surplus [often used sarcastistically]": "Dal mi jenom dvě. Aby se nepředal!" = he gave me just two. I sincerely-hope he hadn't "overgiven" himself [that scoundrel]!" <- really difficult to render it in English
Friulan word "snait", difficult to translate in any other language. Meaning: "dexterity", "ease", "naturalness", "sharp thought".Snithe.
Think I've mentioned this before, but when the new Hobbit movies came out some years ago & the actor said 'son of Thrain' /θɹeɪn/, it made me gag a little. Tolkien wrote the name as 'Thráin', meaning he wanted two syllables as in ON (which he borrowed it from).---> MnE "thane".
And the proper name "Thain". I know someone by that name.
Yeah, pretty common in the world.You know the theory that the word barbarus was formed in imitation of the incomprehensible speech of foreigners? In a similar spirit, the Arabic word for "non-Arab" is related to speaking unclearly or having a speech impediment.
أعجم - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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In Belgium?the proper name "Thain". I know someone by that name.