LINGUIST List 2.583

Sat 28 Sep 1991

Disc: Semantics and Chinese Kreplach

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1. David E Newton, Semantics
2. Michel Eytan LILoL, Re: 2.563 Queries
3. Geoffrey Russom, Re: 2.570 Queries

Any subscribers with a leaning towards sementics may be interested in
the following sign, which I spotted in the window of my local homebrew
shop here in York:
		---------------------------------
		 CUT THE COST OF CHRISTMAS
			Brew your own !!
		---------------------------------
I think we all know what they meant, but it could have come straight out
of a semantics coursebook!
David E Newton
den1uk.ac.york.vaxa

Message 2: Re: 2.563 Queries

I have saved a few of the messages (more precisely 7 mailings) concerning
 Compositional Semantics, but since I am new to the list there might have been
 many more. Anyone interested please contact me directly.
As for Bruce Nevin's query: Emmanuel is the English rendering of the Hebrew
 Immanuel which means "God with us".
Michel Eytan, LILoL
Univ. Strasbourg II
eytansuzuka.u-strasbg.fr

Message 3: Re: 2.570 Queries

Here's one to add to "Chinese kreplach": In heavily Italian-American
Providence, Rhode Island, the fried dumplings served at "Little
Chopsticks" and other Chinese restaurants appear on the menu
as "Peking Ravioli" -- sort of Marco Polo in reverse. The
designation has become so standard around here that I have no
idea what these appetizers are called in (tranliterated) Chinese.
Local Canadian French influence on culinary terms is also evident: even
Italian-Americans call chicken cacciatore "chicken chaser (<chasseur)".
It would be "chicken catcher" if you went directly from Italian.
 -- Rick Russom