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From: deb5@ellis.uchicago.edu (Daniel von Brighoff)
Subject: Re: Scots and English (was: Re: Flemish and Dutch)
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In article <3psn60$gs5@griffin.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk>,
Andrew Buisson <llyiab@ccn4.nott.ac.uk> wrote:

>For example, puerile readers like me would be interested to know that when a Finn says
>"look at the lake/sea" (katso mertae) he is saying "dick shit" to an Italian.

What kind of Italian?  Standard Italian has "anitra" (initial stress)
for "duck."


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