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  1. 12-31-2009, 01:50 AM #16
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    Hmph. Thanks!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Heathcliff View Post
    My mum is a proof-reader. She has a new day!

    I'm just thinking, and I suppose this is the most translation I can do, if perche` means both why and because in Italian, could the following make sense?
    'Perche`?'
    'Perche`.'
    'Perche`?'
    'Perche`.'

    I'm sure it does...
    Interestingly enough, in Chinese a single homophone can, apparently, contribute paragraphs of information -> http://mmtaylor.net/Literacy_Book/DOCS/05.html . A bit contrived, but still perfectly coherent, when written, of course.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Madame X View Post
    Interestingly enough, in Chinese a single homophone can, apparently, contribute paragraphs of information -> http://mmtaylor.net/Literacy_Book/DOCS/05.html . A bit contrived, but still perfectly coherent, when written, of course.
    Wow. I suppose, not that I know any Chinese, that all makes perfect sense. Hehehehe!!
    For I have known them all already, known them all:
    Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,
    I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;
    I know the voices dying with a dying fall
    Beneath the music from a farther room.
    So how should I presume?
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