van der Vart, Joop

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FIVE LANGUAGE BEAUTIES Joop van der Vaart Delft, The Netherlands 1 te-te-ro-ro-ma-ma-nu-nu-da-da-te-te-la-la-te-te To admire the logological beauty, the original latin sentence was "Te tero, Roma, manu nuda, date tela, latete", meaning "It is you I destroy, Rome, with bare hands, give up weapons, hide yourself ". 2 The German word "Schachecho" (the name of a chess magazine) meaning "Echo of chess" has the construction "-ch-ch-ch-", or "5-cha-che-cho". 3 The country Bahrein in Dutch divides into "Bah-rein", meaning "dirty-clean". 4 "2 f r s  (crest bien dormir) 16", or "C'est bien dormir entre duex fran~aises", meaning "It is nice to  sleep between Two french girls". 5 "To vote" is the opposite of " to  veto". Joop van der Vaart, Delft, The Netherlands 69

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