[Lexicog] domain templates

[Peter Kirk]

On 05/02/2004 11:47, Ron Moe wrote:

> ... Some
> languages will include 'drink, smoke a cigarette, chew betelnut' because
> 'eat' is defined as 'put something into the mouth'. That's OK. ...


I can't resist an amusing example here. Most Azerbaijanis drink (içmək)
vodka and smoke (çəkmək, lit. pull, draw) cigarettes. Although Turkish
is a very closely related language, they find it strange that Turks
drink (içmek) cigarettes but, when they are very thirsty, smoke (çekmek
- here an idiom for drinking too much) vodka!

--
Peter Kirk
peter at qaya.org (personal)
peterkirk at qaya.org (work)
http://www.qaya.org/



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