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Re: OT: Composing (jara: My girlfriend is a conlanger!)

From:Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 19, 2003, 7:36
Katva Sarah Marie Parker-Allen:

> Do you mean the death penalty?
Yes, I do. Death penalty. By shooting.
> Because that seems a lot nicer than exile in > Siberia...
Really?
> As far as I knew, "shooting up" has only meant "using needles to inject > yourself full of illicit drugs, usually cocaine" in my lifetime. Can't > remember hearing or seeing it in that context (executions), not even for > lethal injection type ones.
How could a Russian-speaking reptile know all the connotations of this alien tongue you used to talk in? I not speak inglish, i not know about what you say, i surrender, not kill me, big white peeple... Yitzik the Stupid Russophone Snakie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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