tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Aug 03 13:33:15 1997
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Re: Other tidbits, WAS: RE: vegh
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- Subject: Re: Other tidbits, WAS: RE: vegh
- Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 16:32:43 -0400 (EDT)
In a message dated 97-07-22 02:39:24 EDT, HetaQ writes:
<< I asked him about the origins of the verbs "to marry" for a man and a
woman. I don't know if anyone else on the list thought of this but he
confirmed that [Saw] came from "Sure" with a Southern drawl and [nay] from
"no". A bit sexist but humorous nevertheless. >>
While I do not disagree with the above at all--it is MO's
explanation--perhaps MO did know that in Thai there are two distinct words
for marry, meaning exactly the same things as in tlhIngan Hol.
peHruS