Enero 27, 2013

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

Questions, asked at Althouse, get answers.
Ipinaskil ni Ann Althouse sa 8:45 AM
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16 (na) komento:

rehajm ayon kay ...

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

1/27/13, 8:49 AM
Eric the Fruit Bat ayon kay ...

I'm guessing "tortfeasor" has 18 syllables.

1/27/13, 9:00 AM
caplight45 ayon kay ...

No "clicks" in it?

1/27/13, 9:02 AM
ricpic ayon kay ...

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

1/27/13, 9:04 AM
Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

"This needs an Ululating Umlungu tag."

Thanks for the reminder.

1/27/13, 9:05 AM
caplight45 ayon kay ...

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

1/27/13, 9:39 AM
caplight45 ayon kay ...

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

1/27/13, 9:42 AM
edutcher ayon kay ...

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

1/27/13, 9:46 AM
rehajm ayon kay ...

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

1/27/13, 9:56 AM
Wince ayon kay ...

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?

1/27/13, 10:02 AM
Fritz ayon kay ...

"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.

1/27/13, 10:22 AM
Pettifogger ayon kay ...

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.

1/27/13, 10:29 AM
William ayon kay ...

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

1/27/13, 10:52 AM
Wince ayon kay ...

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.

1/27/13, 12:53 PM
Wince ayon kay ...

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."

1/27/13, 1:02 PM
Charlotte C ayon kay ...

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

1/27/13, 4:11 PM

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