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Re: CHAT: Trial of the century?

From:Sylvia Sotomayor <sylvia1@...>
Date:Saturday, January 16, 1999, 7:13
At 07:44 AM 1/16/99 +0200, you wrote:
>Has anyone else noticed a dramatic reduction in flow on the list over >the last few days? > >Could it be that the American participants (and others) are glued to the >televison watching the bizarre events from Washington DC? >
Not me!
>Perhaps we could each offer our conlang versions of the following: > >1. I didn't inhale. >2. My own infidelity is quite a different matter. >3. Cigars are for putting in your mouth. > >To get the ball rolling (in Tesk): >*1. 'k heef niet itnafst nie. >*2. men' ee^ne nemaminereina xeel sjonder sjaj is. >*3. sigaren isjete thiman mwaad. >
In Kelenj: 1. ja relnike la le kae waja 2. le kapinte la shien yw naj ithan [actually 'kapinte' means deception. There is no specific word for infidelity.] 3. a sikari p'ja tuethen yl laike su ri wurien thynj se-lier tho sorenj Sylvia Sylvia Sotomayor sylvia1@ix.netcom.com http://pw2.netcom.com/~sylvia1/