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| 566.1 | Not with those Zs | TLE::SAVAGE | | Mon Jun 27 1994 16:54 | 2 |
| All I can say is that it is not any known Scandinavian language (living
or dead) - and probably not an Indo-European language at all.
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| 566.2 | thanks! | CNTROL::ROBERTSON | | Tue Jun 28 1994 10:00 | 8 |
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Yes, I am finding that very few languages have a Z in their alphabet.
(You'd think that would make it easier for me....HA!)
thanks for your help!!
patty
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| 566.3 | FYI - elsewhere | R2ME2::DEVRIES | Victim of personal name burnout | Tue Jun 28 1994 11:04 | 7 |
| I've been told that this is being pursued more actively in some other
notesfile, and that the prevalent thought is that this is English and
that "zazpiak" means indoor baseball. I don't know where that
discussion is, or whether this explanation was accompanied by a smiley
face symbol. :-)
-Mark
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| 566.4 | that's me | CNTROL::ROBERTSON | | Tue Jun 28 1994 11:46 | 15 |
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re: .3
Yes, I asked about it in ASKENET and (EURO_ASK, and ASIA, and MANILA,
and STAR_TREK....)anywhere I think I might find a lead.
I'm hoping that it does mean indoor baseball; then my search is over!!
But, if so, why isn't it in the English Dictionary? (I asked that
question in ASKENET, but got no answer.)
I guess it's back to the library for me!!! If anyone has an idea as to
what I can do to find this, I'm listening!!!
patty
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| 566.5 | | CNTROL::ROBERTSON | | Wed Jun 29 1994 10:31 | 7 |
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I got a little more info last night. ZAZPIAK BAT! is an expression.
I kinda thought so because of the exclamation point. So, it's probably
safe to say that the definition is not indoor baseball.
The search continues......
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| 566.6 | Startrek... | CSC32::D_ROYER | The Queen is dead, Camelot is closed! | Wed Jun 29 1994 15:38 | 3 |
| Sounds like Klingon.
Dave
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| 566.7 | nope! | CNTROL::ROBERTSON | | Wed Jun 29 1994 16:56 | 7 |
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<<Sounds like Klingon.
Yes, I thought so too! I checked it out, though. It's not!!
patty
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| 566.8 | update: eliminated Languages | CNTROL::ROBERTSON | | Wed Jul 06 1994 16:28 | 48 |
| ZAZPIAK BAT! Updated language list. I eliminated some (and received
some, thanks!) during my lunch break.
*Apache
Arabic
*Armenian
Basque
*Chinese
*Dutch
*Esperanto
*Finnish
French
Gaelic Scottish
German
Gothic
Greek
Hebrew
Hindi
Hittite
*Hope
Hungarian
Indonesian
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Klingon
Korean
*Laguna
Latin
Malaysian
*Navajo
Old Norse
Persian/Farsi
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Sanskrit
Scandinavian
Spanish
Swedish
Swiss German
Tagalog
Urkranian
*Urdu
*Vietnamese
Yiddish
*Zuni
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| 566.9 | ZAZPIAK BAT! | CNTROL::ROBERTSON | | Thu Jul 07 1994 10:12 | 16 |
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Does anyone out there speak Czech? I was told that it might be this
in another notes file. Can anyone add to this? patty
<<< it sure sounds Slavic! Could be the Czech language, says my wife.
<<< We had a good laugh at what it could mean. This ranges from
<<< (and you pick the best! :-))
<<<
<<< - be silent!
<<< - start to sing!
<<< - get drunk!
<<<
<<< Honestly: there are roots for all three meanings there.
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| 566.10 | ZAZPIAK BAT! | CNTROL::ROBERTSON | | Mon Sep 12 1994 18:01 | 30 |
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ZAZPIAK BAT!
The language is Basque and its literal meaning is "the seven into one".
Zazpi means seven
bat means one
A Zazpiak bat is a shield commonly made of seven layers of leather.
(The seven into one for strength)
Basque is located in Southern France/Northern Spain.
The French consider Basque part of France and the Spanish
consider it part of Spain. But Basque wants to be its
own identity. They speak three languages, French, Spanish, and
Basque. The Basque language is considered to be made up of French
and Spanish, but it is not!
There are seven "counties" (for lack of a better word)
that make up Basque, and they wish to be considered one.
This information comes from "A Comparitive Study of Basque and Greek
Vocabulary" ....I didn't catch the authors name.
The majority of Jai aLai players are from Basque. So....if you ever run
into one, they will be most impressed if you say Zazpiak Bat!
Never yell this in a Spanish airport.
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| 566.11 | | EEMELI::BACKSTROM | bwk,pjp;SwTools;pg2;lines23-24 | Tue Sep 13 1994 02:43 | 6 |
| >Never yell this in a Spanish airport.
Why not?
...petri
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| 566.12 | A call to arms: security threat | TLE::SAVAGE | | Wed Sep 14 1994 11:49 | 7 |
| >>Never yell this in a Spanish airport.
> Why not?
Wanting to get this thread back to a topic closer to Norden, let me
just comment that you'd be safer yelling this if you were a clearly
Scandinavian-looking person than if you looked at if you might be
Basque. :-)
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