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| William Vetter to Jymesion |
| Re: idioms |
| 24 Sep 14 21:25:21 |
From: mdhangton@gmail.com On Wednesday, September 24, 2014 10:54:52 PM UTC-4, Jymesion wrote: > One of my favorites: In Cheyenne, you say "My tapeworm can almost talk > > by itself" when you mean "my stomach is growling." In these Western Indian languages, I'm not sure you can separate the idea of idiom from compound word. --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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