Re: OT: babel and english

Am 08/20 22:05  Thomas R. Wier yscrifef:

> This reminds me of the time when my friend, upon learning that
> I conlang for sport, suggested that I translate Kant's _Critique
> of Pure Reason_ into the eminently logical language of Degaspregos.
> Thereupon a second friend said that wouldn't be too hard, since all
> you'd have to do is have a maximally fusional language:  the entire
> meaning of the Critique could be summed up in the word _po_
> (I swear, my friends had not had any alcohol that evening!).
>
Yes, but does _po_ mean in Degaspregos?

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