On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:10:40 -0800, Peter Dohm wrote
(in article ):

Amazing. So in what country is Lakota a native language?

The country or area in which the natives speak it. But if it is not the
predominant language in the country, it's still a foreign language.

There is no definition of "foreign" that makes it synonymous with "non-
dominant". You've simply added a new definition to an existing word for
personal reasons.

According to Wikipedia, Lakota is one of the Sioux languages.

BTW, this is a great example of what irritates me, and possibly others with
regard to MX.



The Filipinos have a word that is perfect for that sort of thing:

Nakakapagbabagabag. The root word is "baba" meaning "down" or "lower." Thus,
getting onto an elevator one might use the query marker, "ba" in this way:
"Ba baba?" (Going down?) and the affirmative reply might be "Baba baba,"
indicating down and down -- emphasis to say yes it really is going down.
Sounds like Bah-BAH, like sheep. :-)

Adding suffixes and prefixes to the root word changes it to a sort of verb
that implies it is a feeling being imposed on you, states that the listener
is doing this, and that the listener is doing it to you. Literally, "You are
doing something that makes me feel a little low," but the intended meaning
is:

"Something you are doing is annoying me."

Heh, heh. Tagalog is very expressive. I like this word. Now, if only I could
pronounce it properly. Filipinos like to say it for no reason other than that
it is a tongue-twister. It is pronounced like this:

nah-KAH-kah-pahg-bah-BAHG-ah-bahg

In Taglish, considered a dialect of English rather than Tagalog, the root
word would be English, but it would have all the Tagalog construction, as in
"Nakakapagsickbagabag," meaning "you are doing something that is making me
throw up," a fine phrase to use on student pilots. :-)

Now you have something to mutter under your breath, and nobody but you and a
Filipino will have any idea what you just said. :-) And you could claim it is
English, because it is!

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