Re: Learn MUTLAK the secret language of mutants

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Philippe Caquant wrote:

> Chtrouv ksè trèzintresan (mutant version of French "je
> trouve que c'est très intéressant).
>
> I noticed with sorrow that this poor letter X will
> find one more employment. It already could mean
> (depending on languages), "ks", "sh", "tsh", "kh", "h"
> and probably a few more (ts ?), now it will also mean
> "th". I guess that in near future half of the
> consonant phonemes in any language will be replaced by
> "x". Much simpler.
Xxx xxxx xx xxxx?
(Why stop at half?)


> Also, there is a letter meaning "th", in Icelandic for
> example (maybe in phonetic alphabet too ?), it's a
> sort of "d" with a stroke.
Not forgetting the thorn, like a p with an ascender, too.

--
Tristan.

> --- Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...> wrote:
> > Ok. Here's a modest beginning on my project to
> > mutate
> > English, one step at a time, until it no longer
> > bears
> > any resemblance at all to the original language.
> >
> > http://fiziwig.com/mutlak.html
>
>
> =====
> Philippe Caquant
>
> "Le langage est source de malentendus."
> (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
>
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Tristan