Victor Mair’s Language Log post starts off with Japanese 奴隷 dorei ‘slave,’
of which Mair says “Coming at 奴隷 from the Sinitic side, my instinct is to
read 奴...
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Kinda like the "By God ki Kasam", uttered solemnly (the worse the lie, more the solemnity) with the thumb and the index pinching the adam's apple...
A similar convoluted construct was used in that awesome spoof, "Andaz Apna Apna": "Galti se mistake ho gaya, Sir." Makes the confessor seem so much more human.
Cheers,
Krishna
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