Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site cvl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!cvl!hsu From: hsu@cvl.UUCP (Dave Hsu) Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.women Subject: Re: Re: the word "love" in English vs Hungarian Message-ID: <23@cvl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Feb-85 15:11:23 EST Article-I.D.: cvl.23 Posted: Mon Feb 4 15:11:23 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Feb-85 09:36:33 EST References: <116@rtech.ARPA> <1727@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Computer Vision Lab, U. of Maryland, College Park Lines: 17 Xref: watmath net.nlang:2557 net.women:4415 > Some Hungarian friends of mine tell me that in the Hungarian language >there are two words for "love":one for familial or platonic love, and one for >sexual love > I think that this lack of distinction in English has probably screwed up >more people that the he/she problem. On behalf of certain Hungarians at this site who don't read the news, I have been delegated to ask: What are these two words to which you refer? -- =Dave Hsu= "Aaack...no flames!" (301) 454-4526 ARPA: hsu@cvl CSNET: hsu@cvl UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!cvl!hsu Snail Mail: Center for Automation Research Computer Vision Lab University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 (Disclaimer: Somebody may or may not refuse responsibility for anything herein. Most everything is a trademark or service mark of somebody, maybe somebody else)