Re: And the Eskimos have 100 words for 'Snow Cone'

[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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