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The non-English word association thread (an aid)

 
 
drom et reve
 
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Reply Tue 17 Aug, 2004 11:24 am
Valahol - Hungarian for 'somewhere'

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Clary
 
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Reply Tue 17 Aug, 2004 11:46 am
Valhalla, Scandinavia for nowhere much
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Thok
 
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Reply Tue 17 Aug, 2004 11:59 am
personne ( french for nobody )
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drom et reve
 
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Reply Tue 17 Aug, 2004 12:18 pm
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba.

(Nobody writes to the Colonel -- a seminal work of Márquez.)

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Clary
 
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Reply Wed 18 Aug, 2004 04:33 pm
kolonialvarer - groceries (Danish)
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nimh
 
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Reply Wed 18 Aug, 2004 04:42 pm
buurtwinkel ('neighbourhood shop' in Dutch)
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fbaezer
 
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Reply Wed 18 Aug, 2004 04:52 pm
scoiattolo - Italian for squirrel (the friend of "buurtwinkel")
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satt fs
 
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Reply Wed 18 Aug, 2004 05:16 pm
weiba - ("tail" in chinese)
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hamburger
 
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Reply Wed 18 Aug, 2004 06:25 pm
ochsenschwanz-suppe = oxtail-soup
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fbaezer
 
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Reply Wed 18 Aug, 2004 06:29 pm
buey: ox, in Spanish

(and that's how boys and girls call each other in Mexico now ... O tempore, o moras!)
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hamburger
 
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Reply Wed 18 Aug, 2004 06:44 pm
spanische fliege = spanish fly (name given to an aphrodisiac in german)
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satt fs
 
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Reply Wed 18 Aug, 2004 06:46 pm
asado ("barbecued meat" in spanish)
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Rick d Israeli
 
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Reply Thu 19 Aug, 2004 06:13 am
kruiden ("spices" in Dutch)
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Thok
 
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Reply Thu 19 Aug, 2004 06:16 am
Teller ( german for plate )
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drom et reve
 
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Reply Thu 19 Aug, 2004 06:21 am
Aquavit - (From 'Aqua vitæ' (vital water) in Latin)

(Spices are often put into Aquavit)
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Thok
 
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Reply Thu 19 Aug, 2004 06:24 am
batavique - (french for glass)
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drom et reve
 
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Reply Thu 19 Aug, 2004 06:40 am
Pantoufle de verre (Glass slipper)


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fbaezer
 
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Reply Thu 19 Aug, 2004 09:43 am
resbalarse (to slip, in Spanish)
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Thok
 
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Reply Thu 19 Aug, 2004 09:46 am
Eis - (german for ice)
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hamburger
 
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Reply Thu 19 Aug, 2004 10:21 am
eisiger winter = (ice)cold winter
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