Mattak attack!

m.driussi · 21 Mar 1997, 18:50 · from whorl-v0004.mbox · original

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From: m.driussi at genie.com
Subject: (whorl) Mattak attack!
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 97 18:50:00 GMT
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Reply:  Item #2818749 from WHORL at LISTS.BEST.COM@INTERNET#

Wesley Parsons,

Re: Mattak, hey, that's great!  Not quite as "close to the bone" as I
feared! <g>  Still . . . dried whale flesh . . . we could call that
"Moby Jerky," I suppose.

You are definitely on a roll, here!  Lessee, what other tricky ones
do we have . . . aside from Trivigaunte terms . . . well hey, let's
review them:

TRIV TERMS
Betifham 'arabi? (IV, 85)
Boraz (IV, 220)
'ishsh (IV, 292)
karbaj (IV, 56)
Marhaba! ((IV, 85)

TRIV NAMES
Abanja
Hadale
Hossaan [Arabic "Hassaan" =3D "handsome"]
Lijam
Matar
Nizam
Rimah
Saba   [Arabic "Sabah" =3D "morning"]
Sigada
Silah
Sirka
Siyuf

VIRONESE NAMES
Mamelta
Murtagon [Botanical "Martagon" =3D Lily martagon, Turkish red cap.]

=3Dmantis=3D

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