Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
>
> On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Robert Hailman wrote:
>
> > The idea was to see how speakers of one language would percieve the
> > words of another (in fact, it stemmed directly from a conversation about
> > exactly that.)
>
> I'm going to be a bandwagoner and agree with the others whose response
> I've seen that this sounds very fun. :-)
>
Excellence... Looks like I'm gonna go ahead.
> > The basic premise is that the first person in the relay provides a
> > written example of their language of decent length. The Babel text could
> > be a good one, but others would work. They will also provide an IPA
>
> If this happens I'd probably post some partial of the conculture's
> creation myth. :-p
>
Here's an idea: Any proposals for an opening text should be sent to me,
in the latinized form of the native alphabet and an IPA transcription.
I'll hand choose one for length, and phonetic & syllabic complexity.
--
Robert