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Re: [lojban] And the Eskimos have 100 words for 'Snow Cone'
From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
Ivan A Derzhanski wrote:
> Never mind `fun'; why is there no word for `meal' in Russian
> (or Bulgarian, or many other languages for that matter)? Is that
> a specifically English concept?
Indeed, and why is there no word for "hakamaro'o"* in English?
Is it a specifically Pascuan concept? Surely not. Garages
throughout the U.S. are filled with objects obtained thereby.
*Rough translation: "the act of borrowing something, with no
intention of returning it, as a mild form of malicious sabotage."
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