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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] More new words from Maltz
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI')
Thu Jan 26 20:48:10 2012
From: ghunchu'wI' <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
In-Reply-To: <F52986192E9FE346B0B7EF3D6F98E87711C16AB7@EXDB3.ug.kth.se>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:47:37 -0500
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
On Jan 26, 2012, at 7:39 PM, Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se> wrote:
> I get that taSman is a reference to Tasmania. What I don't understand is why.
Not Tasmania, just Tasman.
The Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand is known as "the ditch" to those on either side. It's similar to calling the Atlantic Ocean "the pond".
-- ghunchu'wI'
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