Re: PIE-Arabic Correspondences (was Brugmann's Law)

I guess you need a decent French-English dictionary as well.

'salopé' means 'done sloppily' which is not complimentary but also not obscene.

As far as "the only one . . .", most readers obviously consider it a waste of time to correspond with you with your bizarre ideas of phonology. I only indulge myself because I have an interest in valid IE-Arabic cognates, and correcting you provides a forum for discussion, however one-sidedly useful it may be.

I know a few English obscenities that I could introduce but to what purpose?

Patrick

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From: fournet.arnaud

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Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 10:06 AM

Subject: Re: Re: Re: [tied] Re: PIE-Arabic Correspondences (was Brugmann's Law)

Well, then why did you _not_ take out the line "...Patrick Ryan wrote..."?

Très salopé!

Patrick

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It seems you are the only one

who always fails to understand mails on the forum.

And by the way,

as we are enjoying a "bad words" feast,

1. "tête de noeud" (vulgar) = dick-head

describes a stupid stubborn male

2. synonym : gland

same idea with a medical word.

A current word for an

incompetent / inefficient / stupid male

it's nearly become a "standard" word.

3. It has a weaker meaning than "con" (vulgar)

(= female sex) which is always extremely offensive.

Arnaud