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by
Footprints
Wed Jul 26 2000 at 9:01:49
Interesting stuff here from
lioncub
. In fact, News in every language is actually amusing
acronym
s :
in
Italian
news is '
notizie
', acronym of 'there are many
directions to the compass
'
in
French
, it's '
actualités
', acronym of '
The whole world is just one big happy family
'
in
Russian
it's 'Novosty', a witty little acronym of 'there is a
North Star
in
America
too'
in
Hebrew
it's 'Hadashot', an acronym of '
Oh my God, they killed Kenny
!
You Bastards
!'
Of course, the fact that all these words bear a relation to the word for 'new' in their respective languages is merely
coincidental
.
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