Re: Virus Translation Exercise
| From: | Elliott Belser <renyard@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, March 6, 2002, 3:42 |
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>On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 07:45:00PM -0600, Peter Clark wrote:
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>> Inspired by a recent thread, I have a proposal for a
>>translation exercise:
>> virus messages. For example, the recent SirCam virus popularized the phrase,
>> "I send you this file in order to have your advice". Then there's an easy
>> one, the ILOVEYOU virus, which had "ILOVEYOU" as a subject. You
>>can translate
>> one or both of these, and/or add your own favorite virus message. Bonus
>> points if you replicate the abuse of grammar or ackward use of language.
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Here's the Ng'Andan "ILOVEYOU" virus subject:
em'ay'ng'a-en
Simple, eh? "Em'ay'ng'a" is all one word, I-Joy-Give-(Indicitave
present) and En is 'You.'
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