Fwd: question

[Monica Macaulay]

Forgive me for using FLING for this question, but I thought this group
would probably have some good answers to the following question:

>> I have a question for you two as linguists.  I'm writing a kind of quirky,
>> humorous piece for Valentine's Day called "Terms of Endearment."  It
>>looks at
>> the terms that different societies use as endearments (so far, US, UK,
>>France
>> and Spain).
[..]
>> And--more importantly--can you come up with some endearments for me from
>> languages you know?  I would need the original word/phrase plus an
>>absolutely
>> literal translation into English (eg "mon chou"="my cabbage").
>> Any info gratefully received...


So if anybody knows of anything that I could pass along to my friend, let
me know.

- Monica

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University of Wisconsin
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