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- Subject: Re: Justify introducing Lua at my workplace?
- From: "Carl Dougan" <carl.dougan@...>
- Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:47:27 -0800
On Nov 28, 2007 3:40 AM, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo
<lhf@tecgraf.puc-rio.br> wrote:
> > This just goes to prove that how you name a language is important
>
> "Lua" is a beautiful word in Portuguese and has a poetic meaning.
> But it means "toilet" in Hawaiian and is also a Hawaiian martial art.
> It also means something in Vietnamese, but I don't know what.
>
According to my Vietnamese GF it's a word for rice - before it's been husked.
-Carl
(just couldn't resist posting)
