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 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6688 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes  Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 601 of 2529 10 August 2009 at 10:50am | IP Logged | ||
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ξύλο (ksilo) in Greek ---> "wood", as known from the international word xylophone which is an instrument made of wood bars and played with two hammers, - sounds like rattling bones, therefore used in Saint-Saëns' Dance Macabre.
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| Ashley_Victrola Senior Member United States Joined 5691 days ago 416 posts - 429 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Romanian | Message 602 of 2529 10 August 2009 at 2:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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yggli - grapefruit, Icelandic
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| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6019 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 603 of 2529 10 August 2009 at 10:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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zoomer - to zoom, French
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| Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6688 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 604 of 2529 10 August 2009 at 11:03pm | IP Logged | ||
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Danish letters that come AFTER the English ones:
æble (apple) øl (beer) år (year) Sennin: you could also have used any word in Bulgarian that starts with a 'з', and then there would suddenly be a lot of words to choose from ... and now we are ready for a word with 'a', I guess Edited by Iversen on 11 August 2009 at 12:38am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ashley_Victrola Senior Member United States Joined 5691 days ago 416 posts - 429 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Romanian | Message 605 of 2529 11 August 2009 at 1:28am | IP Logged | ||
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aller - to go, French
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| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6019 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 606 of 2529 11 August 2009 at 2:01am | IP Logged | ||
That's true but using Bulgarian words feels like cheating ;pp. бабочка /babochka/ - butterfly, Russian 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| formiko Nonaglot Senior Member United States Joined 6196 days ago 848 posts - 855 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Esperanto, Indonesian, Yoruba, Cherokee, Russian, German, French Studies: Mandarin, Ancient Greek | Message 607 of 2529 11 August 2009 at 3:54am | IP Logged | ||
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cent
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| Ashley_Victrola Senior Member United States Joined 5691 days ago 416 posts - 429 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Romanian | Message 608 of 2529 11 August 2009 at 5:31am | IP Logged | ||
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deasupra - above, Romanian
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