Re: R: Natlang-based "IAL pidgins"
| From: | andrew <hobbit@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 12, 2000, 8:17 |
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Am 09/12 08:38 Mangiat yscrifef:
> Ungaretti was a great poet. 'Si sta come d'autunno sugli alberi le foglie',
> 'Natale' ... his poetry is called 'ermetica' because of its obscurity, but
> at least it's Italian!
>
What does the line of poetry translate as?
The Norwegian/Russian pidgin was Russonorsk, or _Moya po Tvoya_ (Me to
You). I think it is one of the more fascinating pidgins that existed -
and this would be a great cue for Boudewijn to quote from Holm's Pidgins
and Creoles. :)
- andrew.
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Andrew Smith, Intheologus hobbit@earthlight.co.nz
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