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Re: Conlang Journal and being a fish

From:JS Bangs <jaspax@...>
Date:Thursday, September 19, 2002, 17:40
Tristan sikyal:

> And also... I am seeking 'I am a fish' translated into as many languages > (preferably natlangs but I'll be nice and say that conlangs can be done too > ;)) as I can get.
Romanian: Sunt un pes,te. Where {s,} should be s-cedilla (which I can't sent on this terminal). Conlang Yivrian: Al eyi uyo. 1sg be-PROG fish. I currently have Modern, (Early for the sake of difference)
> Middle and Old English, Dutch, German, Yiddish, Gothic, Old Norse, Swedish, > Danish, Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Gaelic, Uzbek, > Russian, Finnish and Japanese. > > If the language is written in a non-Roman script (and you can't send), make a > note of it. If it's a Chinese lang, just send a transliteration. I get more > that way :P > > (Rimmer from Red Dwarf is famed for writing 'I am a fish' on one of his exams, > can't remember which. So I want a collection of it in lots of langs, > basically.) > > Tristan >
Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu http://students.washington.edu/jaspax/ "What are you, a dentist? Or a hippie? Or some kind of hippie dentist?" --Strong Bad (of Homestar Runner)

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