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Re: Free Speech, again
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 24 Apr 2003 03:54:25 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
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> > > Most importantly, you haven't told me where "ne" came from.
> > I use it to mean "yes?" (as in, "do you agree?") and only at the end of
> > sentences.
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> > Anyone recognise it?
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> Doh! How about the simple "ne c'est pas?" in the now-forbidden language?
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> Dave!
Actually the Japanese connection makes more sense because if you make a
statement and then append the "ne" it does mean "don't you agree?" or "isn't
it?" But I wouldn't have associated it with the Lar "ne" because I always read
that with an upward interrogative intonation, whereas the Japanese "ne" doesn't
end with that upward accent (accent isn't the word but my brain is numb and
I cannot think of the proper one-- must be my bedtime). Oh, and the Japanese
"ne" is kind of drawn out whereas I imagine the Lar "ne" to be more abrupt.
Maggie C.
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| (...) Must be from Anime or Manga then. Thanks for that, Mags... whew, that's all settled. (I'm gonna go with her explanation, Dave! Sorry about that, but she's smarter than you, Dave!... you're allegedly not as smart as Tim Robbins, at least (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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