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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">You’re quite right Mike, I was
looking more for omissions which might reflect upon the culture or heritage or
values of societies. For example if there were a language which had no
counterpart for evil or good or truth or lust. I remember years ago reading of
tribes which saw deceit as a virtue, although this might well have been
apocryphal.<o></o></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">Best wishes,<o></o></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">David<o></o></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold;">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;">
lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com [mailto:lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com] <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Mike_Cahill@sil.org<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> 22 March 2006 20:52<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b>
lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Lexicog] Words that
are absent in particular languages</span></font><span lang="EN-US"><o></o></span></p>
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<tt><font face="Courier New">Did you have any types of words in mind? Koma of
northern <st1><st1>Ghana</st1></st1>
has no word</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">for "pizza," and English no word for
"saang," but I'm not sure that the</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">thousands of such examples (food, technology) that
could be generated are</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">the type of thing you're looking for.</font></tt><br>
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<tt><font face="Courier New">Mike Cahill</font></tt><br>
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<tt><font face="Courier New">"David Williams" <david@dwdw1.com></font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Sent by: lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com</font></tt><br>
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<tt><font face="Courier New">HI I'm researching words which some languages
omit. I'm trying to</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">build up some examples. I believe, for instance,
that in Swedish there</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">is no direct counterpart for 'mind'.</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">If anyone has any examples I'd be delighted to
hear them.</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">cheers</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">DW</font></tt><br>
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