http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/05/c%c6%b0%e1%bb%9di/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:40:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/05/c%c6%b0%e1%bb%9di/#comment-3636 Angela G. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:22:25 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=847#comment-3636 The list alone makes me laugh. :D The list alone makes me laugh.
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]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/05/c%c6%b0%e1%bb%9di/#comment-3635 Linh Dinh Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:17:38 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=847#comment-3635 Hi Angela, Vietnamese is rich with tactile descriptions, not so great with abstractions and invisible creatures and substances. All of these words, for example, <em>ghẻ chốc, ghẻ cóc, ghẻ lở, ghẻ nước, ghẻ ruồi, ghẻ sán chỉ</em> and ghẻ tàu--and there are more, I'm sure--denote different types of skin rash. Also, the economy of the language allows for many compound words. Hi Angela,
Vietnamese is rich with tactile descriptions, not so great with abstractions and invisible creatures and substances. All of these words, for example, ghẻ chốc, ghẻ cóc, ghẻ lở, ghẻ nước, ghẻ ruồi, ghẻ sán chỉ and ghẻ tàu–and there are more, I’m sure–denote different types of skin rash. Also, the economy of the language allows for many compound words.
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]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/05/c%c6%b0%e1%bb%9di/#comment-3634 Angela G. Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:05:16 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=847#comment-3634 This is <i>great,</i> Linh! I don't think I've ever seen a huge list of words, or rather short concise phrases, for laughter before, in any language. What would you attribute this to? This is great, Linh! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a huge list of words, or rather short concise phrases, for laughter before, in any language. What would you attribute this to?
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