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| silentlearner Diglot Newbie Romania Joined 6050 days ago 21 posts - 21 votes Speaks: Romanian*, English Studies: German | Message 25 of 41 04 November 2007 at 4:23am | IP Logged | ||
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Yes ,they actually call it naruto.
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| cymro Triglot Groupie Wales Joined 6266 days ago 76 posts - 98 votes  Speaks: English*, Welsh, French Studies: Italian, Spanish, Latin, Ancient Greek | Message 26 of 41 04 November 2007 at 6:09am | IP Logged | ||
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In Welsh it is called "Malwoden" which means Snail.
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| Snesgamer Groupie Afghanistan Joined 6423 days ago 81 posts - 90 votes Studies: English*, German, Spanish, Norwegian, Scottish Gaelic | Message 27 of 41 08 November 2007 at 7:13pm | IP Logged | ||
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Off topic, but as long as we're discussing linguistic symbols, the English name for & sounds awesome - ampersand.
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| Cypher Tetraglot Newbie United States Joined 6739 days ago 29 posts - 29 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Korean | Message 28 of 41 22 November 2007 at 3:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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I've heard Quebecois people call it an "arabesque".
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| OrlMoth Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6176 days ago 77 posts - 83 votes 2 sounds | Message 29 of 41 23 November 2007 at 12:06pm | IP Logged | ||
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In Mexico we call it arroba, not very funny, but when we use it to dictate bad politicians emails, it is! Example: El correo electronico de Salinas es salinas arroba y punto ("Salinas a robar y punto!" or "Salinas steals and no more is said!")
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| Tibo Pentaglot Newbie Romania Joined 5289 days ago 8 posts - 10 votes Speaks: French*, Romanian, Latin, Ancient Greek, Spanish Studies: English | Message 31 of 41 17 November 2010 at 5:23am | IP Logged | ||
It's also called in a funnier way "coadă de maimuţă" (monkey tail) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| j0nas Triglot Groupie Norway Joined 5354 days ago 46 posts - 70 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, German | Message 32 of 41 17 November 2010 at 11:39am | IP Logged | ||
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in Norwegian it's called krøllalfa.
Curl alpha. Edited by j0nas on 17 November 2010 at 11:40am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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