Re: Conlang name in spam subject? "burzeon staoch"
| From: | Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 26, 2003, 19:17 |
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On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 13:04:35 -0500, Roger Mills <romilly@...> wrote:
> Paul Bennett wrote:
>
>
>> On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:38:30 +0100, Benct Philip Jonsson
>> <bpj@...>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > The other day I got a spam with the subject line
>> > "burzeon staoch"
>>
>> It's perfectly-formed Meinian, but I've lost my Meinian notes. I'd guess
> it
>> was "it praises some rams", but I may be way off.
>>
> Nice :-))) But in view of the original context, mentioned by BPJ, I
> think
> it's a deformation of "burgeon [your] stalk"
>
Might well be. Didn't think of any such possibility.
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/BP 8^)
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