Re: CHAT: Opperlands

Boudewijn Rempt wrote:

> It's also in the title of book by Battus 'Opperlandse taal & letterkunde',
> a compilation of columns of linguistic playfulness in one our
> most serious newspapers, the NRC-Handelsblad.
From which, indeed (moderated by Douglas Hofstadter's wonderful book
_Le Ton Beau de Marot_), I learned about both Opperlands and
its wonderful vocabulary.

_LTBdM_, btw, is in English, despite the punning French title.
It will probably never be translated, but I recommend it to
all artlangers.

--
John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)