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oh sorry, I forgot such cases. I think that is possible. But not
common. Unfortunately, I have no instances at the moment.<br>
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BTW, we say to the children, mostly babies "How <b>ugly</b> is
he/she!" or someting like that. But it is not negative, not sarcastic.
It means "How sweet/cute is he/she".<br>
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Gunne<br>
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David Gil schrieb:
<blockquote cite="mid:4B0E87EB.4040709@eva.mpg.de" type="cite">Gunne,
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But are any of the Mongolian nicknames you are familiar with
antonymic? That is to say, do any of them refer to a property that is
the *opposite* of the one that the person possesses?
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David
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<blockquote type="cite">Dear all,
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in Mongolian, such nicknames are normal. Most people have a nickname,
sometimes two or more. The way to give a nickname is differently,
sometimes it concerns certain character, sometimes description of body
parts and so on. And most of these nicknames are humorous. Here are
some examples:
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One friend of mine has the nickname "eyebrow". He got this nickname
therefore, if he is drunken (just after two or three bottles beer), he
has upside-down V eyebrows.
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Another one has the nickname "muscle". Yes, he has big muscle, but that
is not the reason. He always tries to show his muscles (if there are
girls!) doing it quite casually. Unlike to Eyebrow, Mucscle does not
like his nickname, so people do not use this nickname before his face.
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<br>
Gunne
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