Comments on: A dozen words for dog

By: eileen

eileen — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:47:10 +0000

Glad you liked it! I take it you weren’t familliar with him before? He’s home grown in the U.S.A. but I think he lives with his partner in France now, where I hope he currenly has a better grasp of the language. He mostly cracks me up, though some of his stories are a little creepy.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:11:29 +0000

I laughed so hard. I think I may even have snorted in places :) Roman bells would never be able to find a job in France!

By: eileen

eileen — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:06:38 +0000

you have to read David Sedaris’ short story “jesus shaves.” You simply must. You’ll love it. If you’re not offended.

oh, here’s an audio, even better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5apZmwR9UI

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:16:14 +0000

@Nichola – Perhaps cats are just complicated creatures? :) Though using that logic would mean that people would be less complicated than dogs. Although, comparing some people I know to one of the more neurotic breeds (whippet anyone?) might not make it an unwarranted theory.

@Eileen – Donkey was “himar” I believe. Not knowing the word for person, we ended up describing whole cities filled with donkeys. It is amazing what those creatures can do when forced to drive cars and run hospitals. That book, btw, looks like a pretty accurate summary of where our class is at the moment :)

By: Nichola

Nichola — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:06:56 +0000

Hah, ironically this is true for Japanese, too. The character for dog (犬) is essentially the character for big (大) with one extra stroke, or person (人) with two. Whereas the character for cat (猫) is a little more complicated. How odd, huh?

By: eileen

eileen — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:10:55 +0000

perhaps I could suggest you peruse this book in celebration.

http://www.amazon.com/Go-Dog-Beginner-Books/dp/0394800206

congratulations on kalb, btw. and donkey?