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From: aeb@mcvax.UUCP (Andries Brouwer)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: False cognates
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Date: Fri, 5-Jul-85 16:09:09 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul  5 16:09:09 1985
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In article <277@mit-athena.UUCP> jc@mit-athena.UUCP (John Chambers) writes:
>There are some languages in West Africa (I forget for the moment which
>ones) which contain a word pronounced much like English "bad", and which
>means the same thing.
You are referring to Persian.

What about the Danish kalde 'to call' ? (The 'd' is not pronounced, but
the vowels are not the same.)