[Lexicog] stereotypical beliefs and lexicography

[Miroslava Nikolova]

Bulgarians say: Tova e tumna India za men (That is
dark India to me) meaning "It's all Greek to me".
--- Fritz Goerling <Fritz_Goerling at sil.org> wrote:

> The Russians and Rumanians say "That's Chinese to
> me"
> The French: "That's Hebrew to me"
> The Germans: "That's Spanish to me"
> The Poles: "I'm listening to a Turkish sermon"
>
> Fritz Goerling
>
>
>
>
>   «So would it be true to say that Pg. "Isso é
> chinês para mim" = Eng.
>   "It's all Greek to me" (which means
> 'incomprehensible')?»
>
>   Yes, Patrick, it would be true to the Greek.
>
>
>   «"work like a slave / work like a Black" were
> common expressions in my
>   youth, but I think they've been driven out by
> poltical correctness.»
>
>   Now that you mention it, it is interesting that we
> keep using these
>   expressions in spite of political correcteness,
> although I pay attention
>   to my audience when I use them. We have some
> variation "trabalhar que
>   nem um preto" (work like a Black), "trabalhar que
> nem um mouro" (work
>   like a Muslim), "trabalhar que nem um galego (work
> like a Galician); all
>   these expressions mean "to work very hard".
>   We also use: "rir que nem um preto" (laugh like a
> Black), meaning
>   "laughing very loud".
>
>   Margarita
>
>
>
>
>
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