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Re: And the Eskimos have 100 words for 'Snow Cone'
- Subject: Re: And the Eskimos have 100 words for 'Snow Cone'
- From: Cyril Slobin <slobin@ice.ru>
- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 14:28:21 +0300 (MSK)
la xod. cusku di'e:
> "What is the Russian word for 'fun'?"--to which a Soviet responds,
> "There is no such word. Fun is not a Russian concept."
.i si'a noda valsi la'e zoi gy pet gy le rusko
.i ku'i le mi mlatu cu to'e jundi la'e di'u
Also there is no word for "pet" in Russian,
but my cat doesn't care about this.
--
Cyril Slobin <slobin@ice.ru>