All the mother-words seems alike
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The word MOTHER is English. In Malayalam/Tamil it's AMMA. In Hindi it's MA. The English variations include MAMA, MOM, MUMMY. They all have this M sound about them. Funny huh? Maybe it's natural for a baby to use an M sound to call it's mother. Maybe even the cavemen of the stone age had M sounding worlds for MOM Nish
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
Swedish: Mamma Hungarian: Anyu (no 'm' here. Probably to prepare young children for the fact that the language they are supposed to learn bears little resemblance to any other language in the world.) I think that babies tries out all simple vocal patters and when they find a real word (like mama, papa, amma or whatever) they get a lot of attention. That's the way they learn the language. /moliate
Two o'clock and walking through familiar London - Or what was familiar London before the cursor deleted certain certainties - I watch a suit and tie man giving suck to the Psion Organizer lodged in his breast pocket its serial interface like a cool mouth hunting his chest for sustenance, familiar feeling, and I'm watching my breath steam in the air.
Neil Gaiman - Cold Colours
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Swedish: Mamma Hungarian: Anyu (no 'm' here. Probably to prepare young children for the fact that the language they are supposed to learn bears little resemblance to any other language in the world.) I think that babies tries out all simple vocal patters and when they find a real word (like mama, papa, amma or whatever) they get a lot of attention. That's the way they learn the language. /moliate
Two o'clock and walking through familiar London - Or what was familiar London before the cursor deleted certain certainties - I watch a suit and tie man giving suck to the Psion Organizer lodged in his breast pocket its serial interface like a cool mouth hunting his chest for sustenance, familiar feeling, and I'm watching my breath steam in the air.
Neil Gaiman - Cold Colours
moliate wrote: Hungarian: Anyu (no 'm' here Blast! These Hungarians are out to ruin my M theory Nish
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
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The word MOTHER is English. In Malayalam/Tamil it's AMMA. In Hindi it's MA. The English variations include MAMA, MOM, MUMMY. They all have this M sound about them. Funny huh? Maybe it's natural for a baby to use an M sound to call it's mother. Maybe even the cavemen of the stone age had M sounding worlds for MOM Nish
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
Sounds like mama are probably the only ones a baby can make with a nipple in its mouth. :) Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."
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Sounds like mama are probably the only ones a baby can make with a nipple in its mouth. :) Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."
Dave Goodman wrote: Sounds like mama are probably the only ones a baby can make with a nipple in its mouth. Hey :-) I never thought of that :-) Nish
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
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Sounds like mama are probably the only ones a baby can make with a nipple in its mouth. :) Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."
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****Colin Davies wrote: I'll test that assertion. Cool! :-) Nish p.s. he said baby, remember :-)
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
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Yeah, At a guess I'd say it is one of the easiest soundz for a baby's mouth to say and so it became quickly attributted to calling for the mother. Regardz Colin J Davies
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****Colin Davies wrote: At a guess I'd say it is one of the easiest soundz for a baby's mouth to say and so it became quickly attributted to calling for the mother. Rubbish, my first word was 'antidisestablishmentarism'. "No, it's Mammy" my mother says. But even at age 3 I found this word too simple for my high intellect. Simon I need your clothes, your boots, and your copy of VS.NET. Sonork ID 100.10024
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****Colin Davies wrote: At a guess I'd say it is one of the easiest soundz for a baby's mouth to say and so it became quickly attributted to calling for the mother. Rubbish, my first word was 'antidisestablishmentarism'. "No, it's Mammy" my mother says. But even at age 3 I found this word too simple for my high intellect. Simon I need your clothes, your boots, and your copy of VS.NET. Sonork ID 100.10024
Simon Walton wrote: Rubbish, my first word was 'antidisestablishmentarism'. Oh! And who did you call that? And did he/she slap you, forgetting for a moment that you were only a baby? Nish :-D
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
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The word MOTHER is English. In Malayalam/Tamil it's AMMA. In Hindi it's MA. The English variations include MAMA, MOM, MUMMY. They all have this M sound about them. Funny huh? Maybe it's natural for a baby to use an M sound to call it's mother. Maybe even the cavemen of the stone age had M sounding worlds for MOM Nish
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
In Romanian is MAMĂ - you need Eastern Europe Encoding to see it the last letter correctly. Best regards, Alexandru Savescu
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The word MOTHER is English. In Malayalam/Tamil it's AMMA. In Hindi it's MA. The English variations include MAMA, MOM, MUMMY. They all have this M sound about them. Funny huh? Maybe it's natural for a baby to use an M sound to call it's mother. Maybe even the cavemen of the stone age had M sounding worlds for MOM Nish
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
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The word MOTHER is English. In Malayalam/Tamil it's AMMA. In Hindi it's MA. The English variations include MAMA, MOM, MUMMY. They all have this M sound about them. Funny huh? Maybe it's natural for a baby to use an M sound to call it's mother. Maybe even the cavemen of the stone age had M sounding worlds for MOM Nish
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
In Tiverton it is Sister. ____________________ David Wulff hu·mour Pronunciation Key (hymr) n. & v. Chiefly British Dave's Code Project Screensaver and Wallpaper page.
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The word MOTHER is English. In Malayalam/Tamil it's AMMA. In Hindi it's MA. The English variations include MAMA, MOM, MUMMY. They all have this M sound about them. Funny huh? Maybe it's natural for a baby to use an M sound to call it's mother. Maybe even the cavemen of the stone age had M sounding worlds for MOM Nish
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
In spanish it's MAMA. Or MADRE, but the latter is like.. more formal. Andres Manggini. Buenos Aires - Argentina.
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The word MOTHER is English. In Malayalam/Tamil it's AMMA. In Hindi it's MA. The English variations include MAMA, MOM, MUMMY. They all have this M sound about them. Funny huh? Maybe it's natural for a baby to use an M sound to call it's mother. Maybe even the cavemen of the stone age had M sounding worlds for MOM Nish
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
time to get a book on linguistics. there's a reason english and hindi (and dozens of other modern languages) are each known as Indo-European langauges. -c
ABSURDITY: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
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In Tiverton it is Sister. ____________________ David Wulff hu·mour Pronunciation Key (hymr) n. & v. Chiefly British Dave's Code Project Screensaver and Wallpaper page.
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Simon Walton wrote: Rubbish, my first word was 'antidisestablishmentarism'. Oh! And who did you call that? And did he/she slap you, forgetting for a moment that you were only a baby? Nish :-D
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
Damn, I was going to impress you by pretending I knew what the word meant, but Dictionary.com doesn't have it. ;P Simon I need your clothes, your boots, and your copy of VS.NET. Sonork ID 100.10024
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In Tiverton it is Sister. ____________________ David Wulff hu·mour Pronunciation Key (hymr) n. & v. Chiefly British Dave's Code Project Screensaver and Wallpaper page.
David Wulff wrote: In Tiverton it is Sister. :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.