VYAKARAN: Re: Speaking in Sanskrit

[Allen Thrasher]

On Sat, 12 Apr 1997, Robert Zydenbos wrote:

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> Replies to msg 10 Apr 97: indology at liverpool.ac.uk (efb3 at columbia.edu)
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>  ee> From: Edwin F Bryant <efb3 at columbia.edu>
>  ee> Subject: Re: VYAKARAN: Re: Speaking in Sanskrit
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>  ee> In Arabic, when you tell someone he is "speaking in
>  ee> Sanskrit", it means
>  ee> he is speaking nonsense, or incomprehensibly--perhaps the
>  ee> equivalent of telling someone in English that he is speaking
>  ee> double-Dutch.
>  ee> Edwin
> 
> Oh my goodness... and here I am, a Dutch mother-tongue speaker who also speaks
> a bit of Sanskrit... :-)
> 
> - Robert Zydenbos
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> 
> 
What does Edwin Bryant mean by double-Dutch?  I thought it meant some kind
of code speech using reduplication employed by children, especially girls.

Allen Thrasher