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use of x's to represent kisses in SMS texting

- in Spain besos' is written at the end of letters, but not substituted in texts with an 'x'

- integration of x's and other similar symbols into the roots of a new set of linguistic laws

- the custom amongst the Dutch to offer x's as kisses at the end of correspondence with those one is close to

- in France multiple x's are added at the end of letters when signing of 'bisoux'

- in Spanish and French x'ing is rare, and only present in those who have stayed or were staying in England

- the popular Dutch habit of placing three kisses (xxx) in correspondence springs from the three kisses one gives people on their cheeks (left, then right, then left) as a greeting

- the use of x's to represent kisses can trace its roots back to the Hebrew tradition of reversing taboo words: 'to kiss' being 'nun-shin-kuf NaSHaK', then on to the Greek Kyssai, to the KS sound, then on to the sound made by the letter 'x'

- in German those who wish to will draw a little circle with a dot in it to represent a kiss, and in electronic correspondence use an asterisk instead; x's are for kissed in German

- in pre-revolutionary Russia illiterate people used an 'x' to represent their signature

- the habit of using an 'x' for a kiss does not seem to be in popular usage in Indonesia

From: Ljuba Veselinova ljuba _сабака_ ling.su.se
Subject: Help with Slavic Data

I am doing a comparative study of negation in non-verbal and existential sentences in Slavic languages. I have perused a number of grammars but haven't been able to get all the data I need. My dataset is particularly bad for Belorus'; the datasets for Czech, Slovak, Sorbian and Cassubian are not as bad but have big holes in them too.

I have set up wiki at http://negation.scribblewiki.com

There I list the sentences I need help with as well other issues pertinent to some of the South Slavic languages.

Any help with this will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance for all the help.

Best wishes,
Ljuba

українська в неї теж якось описана мало.
я, на жаль, українські морфологію та синтаксис знаю так поверхово, що можна сказати, я їх геть не знаю. може, хтось спроможний допомогти пані?