২৭ জানুয়ারী, ২০১৩

"And the Xhosa for 'tort' is ulwaphulomthetho (oo lwa poo loom twe to)."

Questions, asked at Althouse, get answers.

১৬টি মন্তব্য:

rehajm বলেছেন...

This needs an Ululating Umlungu tag. If only for knowing the tag is there...

Eric the Fruit Bat বলেছেন...

I'm guessing "tortfeasor" has 18 syllables.

caplight45 বলেছেন...

No "clicks" in it?

ricpic বলেছেন...

Am I the only one who does the Ooga Booga victory dance? Has that been outlawed by the perfect people?

Ann Althouse বলেছেন...

"This needs an Ululating Umlungu tag."

Thanks for the reminder.

caplight45 বলেছেন...

Here is the URL for a really funny bit that comedian Russell Peters does on African dialects and names with the "clicks" in them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Aw2OtoqS48

caplight45 বলেছেন...

Here is the rest of it. Really funny and un-PC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pzwpu9L9S0

edutcher বলেছেন...

You should see the word that's pronounced, "Gin Gin, I love you".

rehajm বলেছেন...

Descriptive language. Favorite: the Xhosa name for the hoopoe, a common African bird is Inhleka bafazi, which means 'cackling woman'.

Wince বলেছেন...

How do you say strict liability?

Are crocs indigenous to S Africa?

If they are indigenous, despite strict liability, one would still have to prove duty and causation (i.e., that the croc that did the harm is one of those that had escaped the farm).

How would you do that? Breed? DNA?

Fritz বলেছেন...

"If they are indigenous, despite strict liability, one would still have to prove duty and causation (i.e., that the croc that did the harm is one of those that had escaped the farm).

How would you do that? Breed? DNA?"

Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen can often be used to distinguish where the organism grew up. There's an interesting study where it was used on Australian crocs.

Pettifogger বলেছেন...

Fritz said: "Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen can often be used to distinguish where the organism grew up. There's an interesting study where it was used on Australian crocs."

Cool, but you have to catch the croc.

William বলেছেন...

How do we know he's not just lip syncing? You could be the victim of a Xhosa hoaxer.

Wince বলেছেন...

Talk about "questions answered" by Fritz.

Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen can often be used to distinguish where the organism grew up. There's an interesting study where it was used on Australian crocs.

You can also check your household supplies of brandy and eggs.

Ward and June Cleaver made a similar scientific deductions.

Wince বলেছেন...

Pettifogger said...
Cool, but you have to catch the croc.

"You know, the little fella didn't actually bite me; he kind of 'sawed' at me."

Charlotte C বলেছেন...

No "clicks" in it?
Caplight45, no, the letters x, q and c are the click sounding letters.

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