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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Welsh w #157895 03/29/06 02:00 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City I inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah I Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City Oh, you're *really* talking specs, huh? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Welsh w #157896 03/29/06 02:09 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont of course. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Welsh w #157897 03/29/06 06:43 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Well, SOMEBODY's taking offence at all the innuendo: What Does Christmas Mean? Read the original story of Jesus' birth and study its true meaning www.Jesus-Institute.org Ads By Google Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cheese and rice #157898 03/29/06 10:06 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont lol formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter small/little sets #157899 03/29/06 11:28 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean Kind of like pequeño and chiquito? How about French, German, Portuguese, etc.? Are there other pairs out there? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Welsh w #157900 03/29/06 01:09 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 > hear it bada-bing, J - glad to see that the Appalachian/Welsh dictionary's coming in so useful! Last edited by maverick; 03/29/06 01:09 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: small/little sets #157901 03/29/06 10:05 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA or like parvulus and exiguus? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: small/little sets #157902 03/30/06 12:25 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 427 Spain Marianna OP addict OP Marianna addict Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 427 Spain Quote: Kind of like pequeño and chiquito? Consuelo, this must be a matter of different usage in Spain and elsewhere, because for us these two denote different degrees of smallness. Pequeño is just small, whereas chiquito (or chiquitito ) is very small. Thanks for your input, everyone! I gather that "little" does have this slight deprecative connotation, and thence the verb "belittle", and not "besmall"... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: small/little sets #157903 03/30/06 01:59 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Thanks for your input You're very welcome. Signed, Little old me Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: small/little sets #157904 03/30/06 11:38 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh pequeño and chiquito Spanish, as well as other Romance languages, use a lot of diminutive suffixes. In fact both -Vño and -ito are such. And, chico originally meant 'pretty' didn't it? Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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