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Camels

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: ネコは身動きひとつしなかった。 The cat didn’t move a muscle.

Short URL: http://sachachua.com/blog/p/3586

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