3 posts tagged with Language by alms.
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I'm looking for two Indian (Hindi?) words that mean "high quality" and "low quality" and were used, for example, during the Brittish Raj to describe building construction as first rate or second rate. [more inside]
posted on Nov 12, 2006 - 7 answers ![]()
Is there a name for the gesture/vocalization that consists of flapping your finger up and down between your lips while making sound with your vocal cords? It comes out as something like "wawawawawawa" or "bababababa" and is often done by people as a way to entertain/communicate with babies. [more inside]
posted on Oct 16, 2006 - 17 answers ![]()
Is there a name for this phenomenon? [more inside]
posted on Aug 9, 2006 - 24 answers