Joden

[rsprouse]

Don't forget that <joden> would be pronounced radically differently as
standard orthography in various languages.

Rex

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> sorry, no it didn't.  I should have explained. It is the first name
> given to a newborn by parents who know nothing of its meanings and
> thought they had invented a nice-sounding name.  When I realised the

> Dutch meaning I wondered what meaning it might have in other
> languages and thought what better source of info than the
> psycholinguistics list.  Thanks to all who replied.  If there are
> psychotherapists out there, should I tell the parents or not?
> Annette
>
> At 3:53 pm -0500 8/9/02, rsprouse wrote:
> >OK, Annette,
> >
> >the whole list is now waiting to find out whether this word showed
up
> >in a corpus of child Dutch or child Spanish.
> >
> >Rex Sprouse
> >
> >-------------------
> >>  The word "joden" has different  meanings in Spanish. It depends
on
> >the
> >>  country or variety of Spanish.
> >>
> >>  In Spain it's equivalent to the word "fuck" in English, but in
> >Argentina,
> >>  Venezuela and Peru, for example, it's equivalent to the word
> >"bother" or
> >>  "tease" but with a very strong "charge".
> >>
> >>  Both meanings are argot.
> >>
> >>  Ximena Rios
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  ----- Original Message -----
> >>  From: Professor Annette Karmiloff-Smith
> ><a.karmiloff-smith at ich.ucl.ac.uk>
> >>  To: <info-childes at mail.talkbank.org>
> >>  Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 7:36 PM
> >>  Subject: Joden
> >>
> >>
> >>  > OK, I've been told what it means in Spanish.
> >>  > Does the word have meaning in other languages?
> >>  > thanks
> >>  > annette
> >>  > --
> >>  >
________________________________________________________________
> >>  > Professor A.Karmiloff-Smith,
> >>  > Head, Neurocognitive Development Unit,
> >>  > Institute of Child Health,
> >>  > 30 Guilford Street,
> >>  > London WC1N 1EH, U.K.
> >>  > tel: 0207 905 2754
> >>  > fax: 0207 242 7717
> >>  > http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/units/ncdu/NDU_homepage.htm
> >>  >
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> >>  >
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> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >Rex A. Sprouse
> >
> >Associate Professor of Germanic Studies, Adjunct Associate
Professor
> >of Linguistics, Adjunct Associate  Professor of TESOL and Applied
> >Linguistics
> >
> >German Language Proficiency Certification Officer
> >Graduate German Reading Proficiency Advisor
> >
> >Member of Board of Directors, Cymdeithas Madog (Welsh Studies
> >Institute in North America)
> >
> >Department of Germanic Studies, Indiana University, Ballantine Hall
> >644, 1020 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405  USA
> >
> >812-855-3248 office; 812-855-8927 FAX; rsprouse at indiana.edu
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Rex A. Sprouse

Associate Professor of Germanic Studies, Adjunct Associate Professor
of Linguistics, Adjunct Associate  Professor of TESOL and Applied
Linguistics

German Language Proficiency Certification Officer
Graduate German Reading Proficiency Advisor

Member of Board of Directors, Cymdeithas Madog (Welsh Studies
Institute in North America)

Department of Germanic Studies, Indiana University, Ballantine Hall
644, 1020 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405  USA

812-855-3248 office; 812-855-8927 FAX; rsprouse at indiana.edu