gabi has adopted no words, looked up 0 words, created 0 lists, listed 0 words, written 12 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 0 words.
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Comments by gabi
gabi commented on the word biro
...and would you believed it, "biro" also means judge in Hungarian. There aren't too many occurrences, like this between the two languages. Why wold it be?
January 11, 2012
gabi commented on the word inventions
What is the problem with my "" invetion?""
September 25, 2011
gabi commented on the word inventions
One has no idea of the true meaning of "invention" until he come across Bach's Two Part Inventions, or "Three Part Inventions", the greatest musical "invention" ever.
September 25, 2011
gabi commented on the word incomparable
Give pronunciations always, please, please, please. There are lot's of us whose English is a second language and we're sorely missing that. Very important, please!
August 15, 2011
gabi commented on the word Hungarian translation of gumption
What is the Hungarian translation of gumption?
July 4, 2011
gabi commented on the word lang sign
You can't find a definition anywhere of this word. As a youngster we used to sing with the same title on New Years Eve for some reason. It goes: so do do do me re do re, mi re do do me so la---, etc... Gabi
January 31, 2011
gabi commented on the word carmen l ine
Carmen line is the dividing line between the space and the earth atmosphere, 62km high, Established by a Hungarian scientist,Carmen. (Not sure of the spelling.)
March 27, 2010
gabi commented on the word syboleth
a secret word originated as a pass word between two tribes of the same people. One tribe couldn't pronounciate it correctly and therefore the person was recognized as an enemy. Since than the word "syboleth " means in English as a secretive word.
March 21, 2010
gabi commented on the word settii
sofa, divan canape davenport, couch
November 27, 2009
gabi commented on the word primadonna absoluta
This title describes opera singer Maria Callas, who is considered the greatest soprano singer of our time. (gabi)
November 15, 2009
gabi commented on the word famous-or
the word famous-or looks funny, because there are two words, which is unusual. What do you know!
October 27, 2009
gabi commented on the word nimrod
A word about Nimrod. Very interesting. Being Hungarian born , I know, that the noun is a personal noun, and not even any kind, but belongs to group oƒ one of our early heroes,as early, as the year 900. Two questions, how did it happened that our Hungarian national figure serves as an american entertaining figure, the second is, how is it that it is not found in the etymological section?Hm....Gabi
September 7, 2009