Camels

Posted on June 8th, 2006 by Sacha Chua

Here’s a tidbit from “Communication of Innovations” by Everett Rogers:

“For instance, there are 6,000 Arabic words dealing with camels,
including ninety to describe camel pregnancy.”

Random Japanese sentence: ÃƒÂ£Ã‚ÂƒÃ‚ÂÃƒÂ£Ã‚Â‚Ã‚Â³ÃƒÂ£Ã‚ÂÃ‚Â¯ÃƒÂ¨Ã‚ÂºÃ‚Â«ÃƒÂ¥Ã‚Â‹Ã‚Â•ÃƒÂ£Ã‚ÂÃ‚ÂÃƒÂ£Ã‚ÂÃ‚Â²ÃƒÂ£Ã‚ÂÃ‚Â¨ÃƒÂ£Ã‚ÂÃ‚Â¤ÃƒÂ£Ã‚ÂÃ‚Â—ÃƒÂ£Ã‚ÂÃ‚ÂªÃƒÂ£Ã‚ÂÃ‚Â‹ÃƒÂ£Ã‚ÂÃ‚Â£ÃƒÂ£Ã‚ÂÃ‚ÂŸÃƒÂ£Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â‚ The cat didn’t move a muscle.

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