Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

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Thursday, May 31, 2018

Foreign Language Fun Comments

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For ‘swallow', French has two words:
‘gorgée', and ‘hirondelle' (the bird) .
English, for both, has one.
Gorgées? Birds?
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Douglas Scotney

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Robert Murray Smith 31 May 2018

Douglas, my friend all languages are foreign to each other. Although, some words are incorporated to show that they are not so foreign after all.

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Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Douglas Scotney

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