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Re: quantitative meter, accent and verse form

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Thursday, April 18, 2002, 13:13
William Annis scripsit:

> I will long remember a debate on the merits of various > translations of "pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo" with most attention on > the last word.
Yes, it's a lexical gap in English: we have no verb for "irrumare". -- John Cowan <jcowan@...> http://www.reutershealth.com I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_

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Boudewijn Rempt <boud@...>
William Annis <annis@...>
And Rosta <a-rosta@...>[CONLANG] quantitative meter, accent and verse form