Thursday, November 14, 2013

thurs., 14 nov., 2013: wolof romance, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse


                                                           
WOLOF:  Disquette... ‡

  ‡ )   Any willowy & very pretty, young babelicious woman.  Etym., Fr. loan word, disquette  =  slim plastic computer disc   [NOTE: Wolof is a maj. language of Senegal, Gambia, & Mauritania;  part of the Senegambian branch of the Niger-Congo Lang. family,  &,  unlike most Sub-Saharan African languages & dialects,  Wolof is NOT a tonal language ]

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from curse + berate in 69+ languages, from Soft Skull Press.

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