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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000038.txt from 2004/07

From: "Eduardo" <e_rodriguez@-----.ar>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] languages continuing
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 18:17:42 -0400

Bravo Jon! Tu argentino-español es excelente.
Yo toco el fagot y me gusta el tinto.
The dulcian is called bajon in spanish, bajon is slang (lunfardo) of
depressed
in argentina.

Eduardo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Halvor Lund" <jonhalvorlund@-----.com>
To: <doublereed@-----.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 3:25 PM
Subject: RE: [DR-L] languages continuing

> I guess we can continue language and dialect
> absurdities infinitely. We all know that "bassoon" is
> "fagott" or something similar in most other languages
> than English, and we have all heard bad jokes about
> that word. However, the word "basun", pronounced quite
> like "bassoon" in Norwegian and Danish means
> "trombone". And the odds for confusion between the
> terms "piano", "flügel" and "klavier" or similarities
> while travelling across Europe are also quite high.
>
> I know that when you order a "tinto" in most
> Spanish-speaking countries, you get a glass of red
> wine. I heard that if you order a "tinto" in Cuba
> however, they'll serve you a cup of coffee!
>
> And then it's the ever famous "Berliner" which means
> everything between a pancake and a Danish Pastry
> depending on where you are in Germany, but in Denmark
> the Danish Pastry is called "Viennese bread"... and
> the sausage known as "Frankfurter" in Spain is the
> same as the "Wiener" in Norway and "American Hot Dog"
> in Germany. And in Argentina it's called "Pancho",
> which is slang for "retired" in Norwegian. I'll stop
> here.
>
> It's a wonderful colourful world!
> Have a nice winter, everybody in the southern
> hemisphere. (And a nice summer for the rest of us).
>
> Jon Halvor Lund
> Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra
> Norway
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