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Re: CitySpeak in _Blade Runner_ (was Conlangs in History)

From:Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...>
Date:Sunday, August 20, 2000, 22:07
> X-Sender: bp@mail.netg.se > Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 20:45:06 +0200 > From: BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
> >On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, John Cowan wrote: > > > Leo Caesius wrote: > > > > "lo-faast" is a rude expression. Originally is written as > > > > "lofaszt" and is a combined word. "lo" means "horse" and > > > > "fasz" means "prick", "dick". Together, and with the suffix > > > > "-t" [which refers accusative] it's a shortened form of > > > > "lofaszt a seggedbe" ["have a horse's dick in your ass"]. > > > > > > With perhaps a side reference to Philip K. Dick, aka Horselover Fat. > > A real person?
Philip K. Dick was the author of "Do Androids Dream of Electrical Sheep" (the novel where CitySpeak might have originated). PKD himself used the pseudonym Horselover Fat (Phil-hippos Dick). Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)