[Lexicog] new nosey word

[Mali Translation]

Wayne,

I wonder why "inquisitiveness" is associated with the nose in many
languages: nosey, to poke one's nose into (German: seine Nase
in etwas stecken), to snoop (German: schnüffeln; French: fouiner).
Although curiosity (German: Neugier = eagerness for news) is one thing,
and inquisitiveness is another, there is a fine line between them.

"Curiosity killed the cat," as they say,

Fritz




I got an interesting Cheyenne word today. I think it was used as a putdown
of someone, which makes it even funnier within the Cheyenne system of joking
relationships:

Nétsêhe'êsêsóhkometséeeese. 'You have a long narrow nose flared (at the
nostrils).'

This discussion list has been rather quiet lately, so I thought it would be
fun to post this word. How about you? Have you come across some interesting
word lately?


Wayne
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Wayne Leman
Cheyenne website: http://www.geocities.com/cheyenne_language





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